Laurentius Paulinus Gothus

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Laurentius Paulinus Gothus on an engraving, ca.1640

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (Latinized, originally Lars Paulsson ; born November 10, 1565 in Söderköping , † November 29, 1646 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and pastor, most recently Archbishop of Uppsala .

Life

Laurentius Paulinus (the nickname Gothus after his home province Östergötland he only adopted later) was a son of the goldsmith and mayor Pavel Pederson and his wife Karin. His paternal uncle was the Archbishop Laurentius Petri Gothus . He received his school education in Söderköping and Enköping and then studied from 1585 to 1588 at that of King John III. established theological college in Stockholm and from 1588 to 1591 at the University of Rostock . Here he was mainly influenced by David Chytraeus . During a subsequent study trip to various German universities, he obtained his master's degree at the University of Helmstedt in 1592 . At the Synod of Uppsala ( Uppsala möte ) in March 1593 he acted as secretary. He then received a professorship for logic, later also for mathematics and astronomy, at the reopened University of Uppsala . He was the first to teach astronomy there as a professor, which he had studied in Rostock with Duncan Liddel , and he also published two almanacs himself . In 1601 he was promoted to professor in the theological faculty. He was the rector of the university in 1599, 1601 and 1604 .

An appointment to the Bishop of Västerås in 1606 was broken because Laurentius Paulinus was with King Charles IX that year . fell out of favor. He lost his professorship and became a pastor at the church of Uppsala-Näs , but was able to regain the favor of the king through his declarations about the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1607. In 1608 he was appointed bishop of Skara , but did not take office because he first had to fulfill a diplomatic mission in Livonia. When he returned, the Skara from the bishop's chair in was Strängnäs appointed Peter Kenicius returned to Skara so that Laurentius Paulinus was appointed in his place as bishop of Strängnäs in February 1609 and took office on March 6. Here he founded a grammar school and enforced a diocese order that went beyond the Swedish church order of 1571. Together with Johannes Rudbeckius , he successfully opposed King Gustav II Adolf's plans at the Diets of 1624 and 1625 to centralize the church and limit the influence of the bishops through a senior consistory. As a follower of Ramism , he fought with less success the Aristotelian Jonas Magni , who was a professor in Uppsala and later became a bishop himself. In 1617 he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD.

Thanks to the influence of Axel Oxenstierna , he was appointed Archbishop of Uppsala in 1636 and took office the following year. He served as the highest dignitary of the Church of Sweden until his death . The time in Uppsala was overshadowed by conflicts with the university, the city and also its cathedral chapter, in which the cathedral provost Johannes Canuti Lenaeus , his later successor, was a rival.

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus wrote an extensive textbook on ethics in seven volumes ( Ethica christiana , 1617–1630) based on Luther's Small Catechism and, as a summary, the Thesaurus catecheticus (1631), which became the most widely used catechetical work in Sweden in the 17th century. It also contained hymns in an appendix, including some of Laurentius Paulinus' own poems and translations, some of which were included in the hymnbook from 1695, and one even in the hymnbook from 1819.

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus was married to Catarina (Carin) Olofsdotter from 1594. After her death in 1624 he married Brita Eriksdotter. Three children from the second marriage, including the diplomat Johan Paulin Olivecrantz (1633-1707), were raised in 1654 to the nobility. The daughter Elisabeth married the theologian and later Bishop Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius in 1648 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Martin Kjellgren: Taming the Prophets: Astrology, Orthodoxy and the Word of God in Early Modern Sweden. Sekel Bokförlag, 2011, pp. 87–128.
predecessor Office successor
Petrus Kenicius Bishop of Strängnäs
1609–1637 		Laurentius Olai Wallius
Petrus Kenicius Archbishop of Uppsala
1637–1646 		Johannes Canuti Lenaeus
personal data
SURNAME Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lars Paulsson (original name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Lutheran theologian and pastor, Archbishop of Uppsala
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1565
PLACE OF BIRTH Söderköping
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1646
Place of death Uppsala