Mauritius Burchard
Mauritius Burchard (also Moritz Burchard ; born May 10, 1586 in Döbeln , † July 15, 1637 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian and clergyman . He taught at the University of Leipzig .
Life
Mauritius Burchard began studying at Leipzig University in 1599. He finished this in 1608 and was made a Baccalaureus artium, in 1610 a Magister artium . In 1614 he received the archdeaconate in Döbeln. PhD to bachelor of theology in 1619, he went in 1621 as a sub-deacon of the St. Thomas Church and was promoted the following year as a deacon.
In 1634 Burchard received both a licentiate in theology and a doctorate in theology. His dissertation is a Disputatio theologica de peccato mortali et veniali, pontificiorum, et inprimis bellarmini de hac materiâ, corruptelis, strophis, et sophisticationibus, quas libro I, de amissione gratiae, et statu peccati habet . The Faculty of Theology at the University of Leipzig hired him as a full professor that year .
Burchard held the professorship until his death. He died in Leipzig in 1637 at the age of 51. His marriage to Catharina Elisabeth Becker in 1617 had eight children. Catharina is known from the children, who on November 15, 1640 married the jurist and Leipzig professor Benedikt Carpzov the Younger .
Works
- Propugnaculorum Christianorum duodecas. That is: twelve Christian defenses of antichristian bossiness that have been tried and tested outside of God's word [...] Opposed to the 12 ironic scruples of the honorable mocking bird Gimel Töpfers [...] (Leipzig 1632)
- Assertio doctrinae de peccato originis (Leipzig 1634)
Web links
- Mauritius Burchard in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Tribe list of the Carpzov family
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burchard, Mauritius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burchard, Moritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1586 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chub |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1637 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |