Michael Diller (theologian)
Johann Michael Diller († 1570 in Heidelberg ) was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian and reformer.
Life
As early as 1529, Diller preached as prior of the Augustinian monastery in Speyer in the Lutheran sense. In 1538 he was first secretly accepted by the Speyer City Council and publicly accepted as pastor in 1540. To avoid conflicts with Emperor Charles V , he left the city temporarily in 1541 and 1544. Count Palatine Ottheinrich commissioned him in 1542 to carry out the Reformation in Pfalz-Neuburg . After the defeat of the Protestants in the Schmalkaldic War in the Augsburg Interim in 1548, he had to leave Speyer and fled to Basel . In 1552 he became Ottheinrich's court preacher in Neuburg, and in 1556 in Heidelberg. There Diller was both pastor at the Heiliggeistkirche and church councilor.
Together with Heinrich Stolo or Stoll (professor of theology and pastor of the Holy Spirit) and Johannes Marbach , Diller drafted the Lutheran church order for the Palatinate. He carried out the first visitations and took part in the Worms (1557) and Maulbronn Religious Discussions (1564). Originally a moderate Lutheran, in the course of time he turned more to Calvinism and supported Elector Friedrich III. in the transformation of the Electoral Palatinate into a reformed territory.
literature
- Heinrich Neu: Pastors' book of the Protestant Church in Baden from the Reformation to the present . Part II. Lahr (Black Forest) 1939, p. 115.
- Heinz Kraft : Diller, Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 719 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Zedler: Large, complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 40, Col. 384.
- ^ Johann Friedrich Hautz: History of the University of Heidelberg. J. Schneider, Mannheim 1864, Volume 1, p. 455.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diller, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diller, Johann Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran clergyman, theologian and reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1570 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |