Kaspar Megander

Kaspar Megander , graced from Kaspar Grossmann (* 1495 in Zurich ; † August 18, 1545 ibid), was a Reformed theologian and reformer of Switzerland .

Life

Kaspar Grossmann was born the son of a Zurich councilor. From 1515 he studied in Basel , where he obtained his master's degree in 1518 . As a chaplain at the Zurich hospital, he married the housekeeper Regula Offenhusser in 1524 and became a hospital preacher at the Grossmünster .

In the disputation from November 6 to 8, 1525 he appeared as a staunch supporter of Ulrich Zwingli and defended his theses against the Anabaptists . From now on he worked on the Zurich Bible and negotiated with the Anabaptists. Also impressive are its occurrence in was Bernese disputation 1528. Then he invoked the Bernese as a preacher and professor of theology. He was often heated in negotiations and acted unwise, which in 1531 led to his dismissal from the ministry. On the mediation of Wolfgang Capito he was reinstated in 1532 worked with Heinrich Bullinger , Leo Jud , Simon Grynäus , Oswald Myconius , Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito from the Confessio Helvetica prior from 1536.

When Berchtold Haller aged, Megander came to the fore. In his church work he followed the Zurich model. He was successful in disputations. In the Lausanne disputation in 1537 he enforced the church constitution he had drafted. On the question of the Wittenberg Agreement he was Martin Bucer's sharpest opponent. In Bern the dispute was waged with great violence. Bucer knew how to achieve that Megander had to change the doctrine of the Lord's Supper in his catechism “A Brief Outline of Christian Interpretation for the Young”. He did not submit, was released and went to Zurich, where he worked at the Grossmünster in the last years of his life .

Works

• "Farrago annotationum in Genesim ex ore Huldrychi Zuinglii per Leonem Judae et Casparem Megandrum excerptarum", Zurich 1527
• "In exodum alia farraginis annotationum particula per Leonem Judae et Casparem Megandrum ex ore Zuinglii et aliorum Tiguri Deuterotarum comportata", Zurich 1527;
• Sermon "Von Standhrachtigkeyt" (on Gal 1,1ff.), In: "The sermons, as given by the devout preachers in Bern uff the talk ", Zurich 1528, pages 177-184
• "Cancell and Agend büchly", Zurich 1529;
• "In Epistolam Pauli ad Galatas Commentarius", Zurich 1533; Digitized
• "In Epistolam Pauli ad Ephesios Commentarius", Basel 1534 (reprint: Zug 1983); Digitized
• "In divi Pauli Epistolas tres ad Timotheum & Titum expositio", Basel 1535;
• "Eyn short but Christian exposition for the youth of the commandments of God, the real Christian Gloubens and our father with short explanations of the sacraments, such as those held in Bernn in Statt and Land" (Catechism), Basel 1536, Zurich 1536, 1538, 1600
• "Epistola Pauli ad Hebraeos", without location, 1539
• "Joannis Apostoli Epistola", without location, 1539

literature

• Bernhard Riggenbach :  Megander, Kaspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 176 f.
• Hans Rudolf Lavater :  Megander (actually Grossmann), Kaspar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 610 ( digitized version ).
• Matthias Freudenberg:  Megander, Kaspar. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1245-1249.
• B. Hundeshagen: The conflict of Zwinglianism, Lutheranism, Calvinism in the Bernese regional church , Bern 1842.
• K. Schweitzer: The Bernese catechisms in the 16th century , (Theologische Zeitschrift 8, 1891, page 87).

Web links

• Rudolf Dellsperger: Megander, Kaspar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Leonhard von Muralt: Grossmann, Kaspar . In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online