Nikolaus Jagenteufel

Nikolaus Jagenteufel (born April 26, 1526 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † March 25, 1583 in Weimar ) was a German Lutheran theologian and educator.

Life

Jagenteufel was born as the son of the deacon of the same name in Königsberg, studied at the University of Wittenberg from September 1544 , was briefly in Königsberg again in 1546 and returned to Wittenberg, where he obtained the degree of master's degree on August 20, 1549 . After completing his studies, he returned to his hometown, where he became an archipagogue at the local pedagogy in 1550. In 1552 he became professor of dialectics at the University of Königsberg and in 1553 also took over the professorship for mathematics.

Knowledgeable about theology, he became a pastor in Löbenicht in 1560 and a member of the Samland consistory as an assessor . After he was rector of the university in Königsberg in the winter semester 1555/56 and in the summer semesters 1561 and 1565 , he had to leave the city as a supporter of Andreas Osiander due to the denominational disputes over the Osiandrian quarrel on November 26, 1567. He went with Johannes Freudenhammer and Joachim Mörlin to Paul Eber in Wittenberg and was sent to Annaberg in 1567 as Ephorus of the Inspectorate and Superintendent .

In 1574 he became superintendent in Meissen , in 1576 he took part in the Lichtenberg convent, where he took part in the drafting of the concord formula . He was present at the Torgau Convent in 1576 and participated in the drafting of the Torgau Book . From 1577 he participated in the introduction of the concord formula in the Electorate of Saxony and in 1581 was appointed court preacher and general superintendent to Weimar, where he died.

Apart from a few funeral sermons, no major works by him have yet been made accessible.

literature

• Paul Eber : Calendarium historicum . Wittenberg 1573, p. 153 ( digitized version ).
• Martin Lang: A Christian Sermon, About the Body of the Venerable Mr. M. Nicolai Jagenteuffels .... Wittenberg, 1584; ( Digitized version )
• Jörg Rainer Fligge : Duke Albrecht of Prussia and Osiandrism 1522–1568 . Philosophical dissertation, Bonn 1972.
• Hermann Freytag: The Prussians at the University of Wittenberg and the non-Prussian students of Wittenberg in Prussia from 1502–1602. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903.
• Hans Peter Hasse: Censorship of theological books in Saxony in the confessional age . 2000.
• Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence . Vol. 12, Personen F – K, p. 358.
• Max Töppen: The founding of the University of Königsberg and the life of its first rector Georg Sabinus . 1844 ( digitized version ).
• Julius August Wagenmann:  Nikolaus Jagenteufel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 645.