Lucas Osiander the Younger
Lucas Osiander (born May 6, 1571 in Stuttgart , † August 10, 1638 in Tübingen ) was a German theologian , professor and chancellor of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen.
Life
Lucas Osiander is the son of pastor and court preacher Lucas Osiander the Elder (1534–1604) and his wife Tabitha Engel (1539–1625); he is a grandson of the reformer Andreas Osiander (1498–1552).
He went through the Wuerttemberg monastery schools, studied Protestant theology in Tübingen from 1585 , earned his master's degree in 1588 and then entered the Wuerttemberg church service. In 1591 he became deacon (city pastor) in Göppingen , in 1597 pastor in Schwieberdingen , 1601 superintendent in Leonberg , 1606 in Schorndorf , 1612 abbot and prelate in Bebenhausen , 1616 in Maulbronn .
In 1619 Lucas Osiander was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate and appointed professor of theology at the Eberhard Karls University. He also held the post of superintendent of the monastery and from 1620 was provost and chancellor of the university. He held these offices until his death in 1638.
Lucas Osiander was considered a pugnacious theologian and wrote a number of writings against Calvinists , Anabaptists and Jesuits, for example , and with his polemics he provoked an assassination attempt by a fanatical opponent in 1636 who attacked him with the sword, but which he survived unscathed by physical strength and agility.
literature
- Theodor Schott: Osiander, Lucas II . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 495 f.
- Osiander, Lucas, the younger. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 25, Leipzig 1740, column 2110 f.
- Wolfgang Schöllkopf: Osiander, Lucas In: Württembergische Kirchengeschichte Online, 2015.
Web links
- Literature by and about Lucas Osiander the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Lucas Osiander the Younger in the German Digital Library
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SURNAME | Osiander, Lucas the Younger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1571 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1638 |
Place of death | Tübingen |