Nikolaus Selnecker

Nikolaus Selnecker

Nikolaus Selnecker (also: Sellenecker , Nicolaus Selneccer ; * December 6, 1530 in Hersbruck ; † May 24, 1592 in Leipzig ) was a German Protestant theologian , reformer , hymn poet and composer .

Life

Nikolaus Selnecker, son of the town clerk and notary Georg Schellenecker and Dorothea (née Peer), grew up in Nuremberg from 1534 . Since his early youth he dedicated himself to music and in 1542 became organist at the Nuremberg Castle Chapel. On April 29, 1550 he began studying at the University of Wittenberg . His father's friendship with Philipp Melanchthon opened the house of the Preceptor to him . Under his influence he obtained on July 31, 1554 the academic degree of a master's degree in the fine arts. He was accepted as a member of the philosophical faculty on May 1, 1555 and was its dean in the summer of 1556 .

He never doubted Melanchthon's agreement with Martin Luther . Melanchthon recommended him in 1557 as the third court preacher to Dresden . Thereupon he was appointed there by Elector August and received ordination on February 1, 1558 in Wittenberg . On April 4, 1559, he also took over the management of the court orchestra and on February 14, 1560, he also became the tutor of Prince Elector Alexander . In 1558 he married the daughter of the superintendent Daniel Greser , under whose influence he came. After he had reprimanded the elector's passion for hunting in August 1564, he could only get an honorable farewell by giving up his office.

In March 1565, Selnecker went to Jena as a theology professor , but had to give way to the Gnesiolutherans after only two years . In 1568, Elector August appointed him professor of theology at the University of Leipzig . In Wittenberg he obtained his doctorate on May 10, 1570 . He then took over the office of general superintendent in Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , but had a difficult time there with Martin Chemnitz and Jacob Andreae .

During this unfortunate time for him, he soon stayed in Gandersheim , and in 1572 in Oldenburg , where he played a key role in founding the High School, the forerunner of the University of Helmstedt . In 1573 he drafted the Oldenburg Church Ordinance with Hermann Hamelmann . At the turn of the year 1573/74 he returned to his professorship in Leipzig and in 1576 was also pastor at St. Thomas Church and superintendent , as well as canon at Meissen Cathedral . In the meantime he was a sharp opponent of the Philippists and took part in the negotiations on the concord formula .

After the death of Elector August, he was deposed and expelled under the Calvinist Elector Christian I of Saxony in 1589. He lived in Magdeburg until he became superintendent in Hildesheim in October 1590 . When there was another change of government in Saxony in 1591 and there was a change in church conditions, he returned to Leipzig. Soon afterwards he died and was lavishly buried in the Thomaskirche, where his grave slab can still be found today.

Selnecker bequeathed 170 writings, including the Historia Lutheri (1575) and the History of the Augsburg Confession (1584), and was involved in the preparation of the Book of Concord . He had also composed 120 songs, some of which are still in the Evangelical Hymnal (EG) and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Hymn .

family

Selnecker had married Margaretha Greser, the daughter of the Dresden superintendent, in Dresden in 1558. The marriage resulted in 15 children, 10 of whom died before the father. From the children we know:

• Georg Selnecker († 1560 in Dresden)
• Georg Selnecker (* 1561 in Dresden; † September 22, 1598 in Delitzsch) November 12, 1576 kurf. Saxon. Ls. Grimma, 1581 Bacc. phil. University. Leipzig, winter semester 1582 Mag. Phil. ibid., 1585 Sup. Delitzsch, 1589 Rev. Schlaggenwald / Böhmen, 1593 Sup. Delitzsch, m. June 6, 1586 with Sabina NN (* Pegau; † 1612), widow of the Delitzsch councilor Balthasar Fiedler, To. of Valentin NN, son Nicolaus Selnecker (* Delitzsch, winter semester 1597 Uni. Leipzig)
• Maria Selnecker married June 6, 1580 with the rector of the kurf. Saxon State School Pforta Mag. Jakob Lindner
• Nicolaus Selnecker (* 9 (4th) September 1574 in Leipzig; † 9 October 1619 ibid.) 3rd January 1585 kurf. Saxon. Ls. Pforta, winter semester 1581 Uni. Leipzig (dep.), 1601 Saturday preacher Leipzig, 1604 Adiak. Rochlitz, June 7, 1606 Deacon St. Thomas in Leipzig, m. November 14, 1604 with Maria Truebe (born September 3, 1579 in Leipzig; † May 11, 1629 ibid.), Daughter of Mag. Ludwig Trübe and Sybilla Badehorn, 11 children from the marriage, of which 3 sons and 3 daughters, the mother survived, son Georg Selnecker (* Leipzig; winter semester 1613 Uni. Leipzig)
• Tobias Selnecker (born October 15, 1576 in Leipzig) October 15, 1585 kurf. Saxon. Ls. Pforta, winter semester 1581 Uni. Leipzig, short. Saxon rent chamber procurator in Dresden
• Daniel Selnecker (* Dresden; born July 6, 1587 in Leipzig) summer semester 1568 Uni. Jena (free), summer semester 1575 Uni. Leipzig, winter semester 1581 Bacc. phil. ibid., winter semester 1582 Mag. phil. ibid.,
• David Selnecker († in Jena)
• Dorothea Selnecker († in Leipzig)
• Julius Selnecker
• Magdalena Selnecker married October 25, 1585 with the Sup. Weißenfels Mag. Matthäus Albinus

Remembrance day

May 24th in the Evangelical Name Calendar .

Fonts

• Epitome in libros octo Physicorum Aristotle , around 1560
• Argumenta et annotiones in librum sapientiae Salomonis, around 1561
• Catalogus praecipuorum Conciliorum Oecumeniorum et Nationalum a tempore Apostolorum usque ad nostra tempora, 1561 and 1571
• Epistula prima St. Johannae, around 1561/62
• Theophania sive Comoedia de primorum parentum conditione et ordinum sive graduum in genere humano institutione, around 1562
• Libellus brevis et utilis de coena domini, around 1562
• vera et invicta doctrina de coena contra sacramentarios, around 1562–63;
• 50 psalms laid out by the royal prophet David, 1563
• capita doctrinae christianae quam Catechismum nominamus, versibus reddita, approx. 1563;
• The full Psalter of the royal prophet David interpreted, 1565–66
• Pedagogia christiana, 1566, 1567 ² , 1571 ³ , 1577 ⁴ , German 1569, 1570 ²
• Report of how a Christian should comfort himself and keep himself in death runs, 1566;
• The Whole Prophet Jeremiah, 1566
• Proverbs of comfort and epitaphs from the Holy Scriptures, 1567;
• Posodia, 1568
• Commentar in Genesim , 1569
• Psalter of David with short summaries and prayers, 1572
• Institutio religionis christianae continens explicationem locorum theologicorum, 1573, 1579
• Historia Lutheri, 1575, German 1578
• Commentarius in omnes Pauli epp., 1578
• Commentarius in harmoniam evang., 1578;
• Noatio de studio theologiae, 1579; Colloquia or table speeches by M. Luther, 1580
• Mirror of the Virgin and of the Need for True Church discipline, 1580
• Examen ordinanorum aut Forma explicationis examinis ordinandorum, olim scripti a Ph. Melanchthone, instituta et accommodata ad veram confessionem 1582, 1584 and 1592
• Operum lat. Partes IV, 1584–93
• Christian psalms, songs and church chants 1587
• Marriage and the rain mirror, 1589
• Language of comfort for Christians, 1594

Songs

• 1565: Help, helpers, help in fear and need
• 1572: Text to Let me be and remain yours, you faithful God and Lord ( EG 157).
• 1572: Text to Oh stay with us, Lord Jesus Christ (EG 246 and RG 790, Str. 2-7)
• 1587: Melody for Now let's thank God the Lord (EG 320 and RG 631) or Now let's go and step (EG 58 and RG 548) or Wake up, my heart, and sing (EG 446 and RG 568 ) or Amen, God the Father and Son (RG 748)
• 1587: Confession, We thank you, O faithful God , ( Evangelical Lutheran Church Hymns No. 481)

literature

• Johann Andreas Gleich : Annales ecclesiastici, or: Thorough news of the Reformation history, Chur-Sächs. Albertine line, where at the same time Von der Churfl. Saxon. Castle Church in Dresden, and the divine services arranged therein. In addition, the cumbersome biography of their Churf. Saxon. Ober- and other Hoff preachers, as taught in the same after the Reformation bit on the present times, along with the writings and picture nuts, confirmed from true original documents. Raphael Christian Saueressig, Dresden & Leipzig, 1730, p. 89 ( online )
• Heinrich Thiele: Dr. Nicolaus Selneccer's sacred songs, a selection based on the original text, together with a brief biography of the author. In: Wilhelm Schricks: Spiritual singers of the Christian church of the German nation. Based on original texts, edited in conjunction with several hymnologists. Julius Fricke, Halle (Saale), 1855, 5th issue ( online )
• Hollenberg: Selneccer, Dr. Nicholas. In: Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church . Verlag Rudolf Besser, Gotha, 1861, 1st edition, vol. 14, pp. 226-228 ( online )
• Wagenmann:  Selnecker, Nikolaus . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 2nd Edition. Volume 14, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1884, pp. 76-88. ( Online )
• Wagenmann, Franz Dibelius:  Selnecker, Nikolaus . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 18, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1906, pp. 184-191.
• Franz Dibelius : On the history and characteristics of Nikolaus Selnecker. In: Contributions to Saxon Church History. Barth, Leipzig, 1888, Vol. 4, pp. 1–20 ( online )
• Hermann von and zu Egloffstein:  Selneccer, Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 687-692.
• Wolfdietrich von Kloeden :  SELNECKER, Nikolaus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 1376-1379.
• Hans Meyer-Roscher: Nicolaus Selnecker 1590–1591 superintendent in Hildesheim. In: Hildesheimer Heimat-Kalender 1998. Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1998, pp. 72–74.
• Walther Killy : Literature Lexicon . Authors and works in German (15 volumes). Gütersloh, Munich: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl., 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 )
• Ernst Koch :  Selnecker, Nikolaus . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE). Volume 31, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016657-7 , pp. 105-198.
• Wolfgang Sommer : The Lutheran court preachers in Dresden. Basics of its history and proclamation in the Electorate of Saxony. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 9783515089074 , pp. 47-62.
• Markus Hein, Helmar Junghans: The professors and lecturers of the theological faculty of the University of Leipzig from 1409 to 2009. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2009, ISBN 978-3-374-02704-0 , p. 268 ff.

Web links

Commons : Nikolaus Selnecker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Nikolaus Selnecker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Nikolaus Selnecker  in the German Digital Library
• Nikolaus Selnecker in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
• Biography on the Controversia et Confessio Digital website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ architecture look light
2. ↑ cf. Christian G. Lorenz: Grimmenser album. List of all pupils at the Royal State School in Grimma, from its opening to the third jubilee. Grimma, 1850, p. 46 ( online ); Pfb. KpS. Vol. 8, p. 215.
3. ↑ cf. Prayer and wish of D. Nicolai Selnecceri: written to his dear daughter Mariam, M. Jacobi Lindneri Rectoris zur Pforten, trawte. Ad nuptias celebratas 6. the Iunij 1580. 1580 ( online )
4. ↑ Ludwig Trübe (* 1528 in Leipzig; † October 4, 1604 in Leipzig) Father Vincentius Trübe (servant of the City Council of Leipzig) attended school in Leipzig, Uni. Leipzig, Bacc. phil., Mag. phil., lawyer in Meißen, then 30th year protonotary of the kurf. Saxon Schöppenstuhl and the Leipzig City Court cf. Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. R 2354
5. ↑ Sybilla Badehorn (* 1542 in Meißen; † April 2, born April 4, 1609 in Leipzig) Father: Donat Badehorn (town clerk Meißen, brother of Leonhard Badehorn ), mother: Martha Pörler, married. 1566, 11 children from the marriage, 4 Sö lived when their mother died. & 4th daughter among others Sigismund Trübe (born March 24, 1567 in Meißen; † January 15, 1648 in Leipzig) 1581 kurf. Saxon. Ls. Pforta, 1584 Uni. Leipzig, 1586 Bacc. phil ibid., 1613 Oberstadtvogt of the Leipzig Council, m. January 31, 1592 with Margaretha Zynaus (Magdalena Zinau), only daughter of Prof. Mag. & Notary of the university. Leipzig Hieronymus Zynaus and his wife Margaretha Stramburger († January 11, 1626 in Leipzig) from the marriage 7th Sö. & 5th daughter, 4th Sö. & 2nd daughter † young, man knows So. Gottfried Trübe (born November 25, 1606 in Leipzig; † November 2, 1659 ibid .; Nikolausschule Leipzig, January 20, 1624 Uni. Leipzig, March 13, 1624 Bacc.phil. Ibid., Erbsasse on Selderhausen & Protonotar at the electoral Saxon high court in Leipzig, married September 3, 1639 with Dorothea, To. Des Christian Schickrad ( cf. Funeral Sermon Online & R 5093); Sun. Johann Trübe († November 7, 1650 in Leipzig; Oberstadtvogt & Actuary of the electoral Saxon court of higher court in Leipzig married I. July 26, 1641 in Leipzig with Elisabeth Hahn (* October 12, 1622 in Leipzig; † May 10, 1655 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the lawyer in Leipzig & town clerk Weissenfels Martin Hahn and his wife Elisabeth Schilling, to. of the Leipzig merchant Valentin Schilling, from the marriage 3rd daughter & 1st Sun., when their mother died, Regina Margaretha Trübe, Johannes Sigismund Trübe, Elisabeth Hahn married. II. September 18th 1653 with Johann Andreas Quenstedt , cf.R 1032); So. Gerhard Trübe (abbreviated to Saxon Generalwac htmeister, secretary to Wolff Christoph von Arnim auf Zeschau and Pretzsch); To. Sybilla cloudy m. with the kurf. Saxon pension administrator in Dresden Gregor Schramm; To. Maria Trübe married with Leipzig councilor Johann Hylmayer; To. Christina Trübe m. with the auditor of the kurf. Saxon Schweinitz Regiment; see. Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. R 1523 & R 4087
6. ↑ cf. CFH Bittcher: Gatekeeper Album. List of all teachers and students of the royal. Prussia. Landesschule Pforta, from 1543 to 1843. Friedrich Christian Wilhelm Vogel, Leipzig, 1843, p. 73 ( online ); Catalog of the Princely Stolberg-Stolberg funeral sermons collection. Verlag Degner, Leipzig, 1932, pp. 311 + 529 ( also online ); Same: Annales; Matriculation Uni. Leipzig
7. ↑ cf. CFH Bittcher: Gatekeeper Album. List of all teachers and students of the royal. Prussia. Landesschule Pforta, from 1543 to 1843. Friedrich Christian Wilhelm Vogel, Leipzig, 1843, p. 74 ( online ); Matr. Uni. Leipzig
8. ↑ cf. Catalog of the Princely Stolberg-Stolberg funeral sermons collection. Verlag Degner, Leipzig, 1932, p. 310; Matriculation Uni. Jena & Uni. Leipzig;
9. ↑ Matthäus Albinus (* Ellenbogen / Bohemia; † July 16, 1609 in Weißenfels) winter semester 1569 Uni. Leipzig, April 17, 1574 Bacc. phil. ibid., January 25, 1575 Mag.phil. ibid., October 21, 1578 Konrektor kurf. Saxon. Ls. Pforta, May 7, 1581 Rev. ibid., 1582 Rev. Wien-Neustadt & Court Preacher Johann Friedrichs II of Saxony, July 16, 1598 Opfr. & Sup. Weißenfels cf. Veronika Albrecht-Birckner: Pastors' book of the church province of Saxony. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2003, ISBN 3-374-02083-6 , Vol. 1, p. 85; Matriculation Uni. Leipzig; Heinrich Eduard Schmieder: Commentarii de vitis pastorum et inspectorum Portensium. Klaffenbach, Naumburg, 1838, p. 22 ( online )
10. ↑ Nikolaus Selnecker in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints