Nicholas Gompe

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Nicholas Gompe (also Nicholas of Rauenthal * to 1524 / 25 in Rauenthal in the Rheingau , † 4. October 1595 in Wiesbaden ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Gompe first took up studies at the University of Mainz , switched to the University of Heidelberg on April 26, 1543 and there acquired the academic degree of a baccalaureate at the Faculty of Philosophy on November 7, 1543 . He was enthusiastic about the ideas of the Reformation , went to the University of Marburg in 1544 and continued his studies on October 3, 1545 at the University of Wittenberg .

In 1546 he went to Erbenheim as a pastor . During the Augsburg interim he lost his job there in 1548 and returned to Wittenberg via Strasbourg and Heidelberg . Here he was sent to Freienwalde as a deacon on the recommendation of Philipp Melanchthon .

In 1553 he became court preacher to Count Philip I of Nassau-Idstein in Wiesbaden , where he played a key role in the reconstruction of the Protestant church and in 1577 became inspector of the Wiesbaden rule. There he drafted a church order based on the Nuremberg model, the principles of which were incorporated into the church order of Nassau-Saarbrücken . In addition to Anton Weber (theologian), he became one of the most important theologians of Südnassau in the 16th century.

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personal data
SURNAME Gompe, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nikolaus von Rauenthal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1524–1525
PLACE OF BIRTH Rauenthal in the Rheingau
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1595
Place of death Wiesbaden