Martin Schalling the Elder

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Martin Schalling the Elder (* probably in Durbach ; † February 27, 1552 in Strasbourg ) was a Reformed theologian and reformer .

Life

Martin Schalling was probably born in Durbach near Offenburg and probably studied in Heidelberg from 1513 . After his ordination he took a position in Breisach , which he gave up in 1523 because of the resistance of the Old Believers. He moved to Schlettstadt as the chaplain of the evangelical preacher pastor Paul Phrygio and two years later to Weingarten (near Offenburg), where he preached for ten years. In 1535, Schalling was in correspondence with Martin Luther about the meaning of the Lord's Supper and with Philipp Melanchthon about unity in the church. He came to Strasbourg as a friend of Martin Bucer's . From 1537 he took over the office of deacon at the church Jung St. Peter in Strasbourg, where the important reformer Wolfgang Capito worked as the first evangelical preacher. Count Wilhelm von Fürstenberg called him to Wolfach in 1541 . Annually he visited the communities of the Fürstenberg rule Kinzigtal together with Kaspar Hedio , who had recommended him to the count.

Since he was employed for life, he was able to stay there after the Augsburg interim , but in 1548 he preferred to return to Strasbourg. From there he carried out the Reformation in Weitersweiler . At Bucer's instigation, in 1550 he wrote the text “De corpore et sanguine Christi in Eucharistia institutio” for his son Martin Schalling the Younger , which he published in 1576 after 25 years in Wittenberg .

literature

  • Emil Friedrich Heinrich Medicus: History of the Protestant Church in the Kingdom of Bavaria this side of the Rh. Deichert, Erlangen. 1863
  • Joh. Schneider:  Schalling, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 566-569.
  • Karl Schottenloher: The dedication preface in the book of the 16th century (= Reformation history studies and texts. Vol. 76/77). Aschendorff, Münster 1953, p. 143.
  • Philipp Wackernagel : Bibliography on the history of the German hymn in the XVI. Century. Heyder and Zimmer, Frankfurt am Main 1855, p. 368.
  • Ulman Weiß: Pseudonymous journalism in the Fratris Rosatae Crucis area. Jakob Schalling and Christian Theophilus. In: Pietism and Modern Times. Vol. 42 (2016), pp. 9-64 ( partial digitization ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae to 1537 according to: Ulman Weiß: Pseudonymous journalism in the area of ​​Fratris Rosatae Crucis. Jakob Schalling and Christian Theophilus. In: Pietism and Modern Times. Vol. 42 (2016), pp. 9-64.
  2. ↑ a b Werner Thoma: The church policy of the Counts of Fürstenberg in the age of religious struggles (1520-1660). A contribution to the history of church reform and denominational formation (= Reformation- historical studies and texts. H. 87). Aschendorff, Münster 1963, p. 26
  3. ↑ Martin Schalling: De praesentia corporis et sanguinis Christi in eucharistia institvtionvm libri tres. Wittenberg 1576 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Schalling, Martin the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Reformed theologian and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Durbach
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1552
Place of death Strasbourg