Otto Beckmann (theologian)

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Otto Beckmann (* around 1476 in Warburg in the prince-bishopric of Paderborn ; † May 4, 1540 there ) was a German theologian, pastor and humanist.

Life

Born as the son of councilor Anton Beckmann, he attended the Dominican school in his hometown and then moved to the college in Deventer , where he received his training from Alexander Hegius, among others . He then enrolled at the University of Leipzig in the summer semester of 1500 , acquired the degree of Baccalaureus there in the winter semester of 1501 and then stayed for a while in Halberstadt , where he worked as a clergyman and obtained benefices there.

In 1507 he continued his studies at the University of Wittenberg and on February 21, 1508 acquired the academic degree of a master's degree . Inspired by Richardus Sbrulius , he dealt with poetry during this time. After he had joined the humanistic circle of Christoph Scheurl , he was accepted as a lecturer for Latin grammar at the Artistic Faculty in the Senate in 1510, which corresponded to an adjunct .

In 1514 he acquired a canonical at the castle church , turned to legal studies and in autumn 1517 received the licentiate of both rights. He then took over the office of syndic at the castle church, which was connected with a professorship at the institutes. During the time of Scheurl's departure and the arrival of Philipp Melanchthon , he was the university's most important humanist. He wrote a foreword to the latter when his inaugural address went to press. Beckmann was in close contact with Andreas Bodenstein . However, he continued to represent scholastic Catholicism, so that he had to leave Wittenberg after the Wittenberg movement in 1523.

In the same year he went to Warburg, where he took over a pastor's office. Here he appeared in writings against the Reformation that Martin Luther had set off in Wittenberg in 1525 . In 1527 he became provost at St. Aegidii in Münster, Westphalia . He took part in the religious discussions in 1528 and 1530 and left the city after the unrest caused by the Anabaptists . He also took part in the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. Then he was pastor in Oelde until 1534 , from where he took part in the Provincial Synod in Cologne in 1536 .

Works

  • Panegyricus in praeconiumErici Electi Paderbornensis ac administratoris Osnabrugensis ecclesiarum ..., Wittenberg 1509;
  • Oratio in laudem philosophiae ac humaniorum litterarum ad patres conscriptos & pubem famigeratissimae Academiae Wittenbergensis habita anno 1510, Wittenberg
  • Oratio. . . ad patres conscriptos et pubem Academie Wittenbergensis in laudes sanctissime Parthenices Catharine ..., Wittenberg 1510;
  • Oratio in laudes sanctissimae Parthenices Catharinae, Wittenberg (J. Gronenberg) 1510 (also 1515);
  • Sibuto in re familiari copiose provisum est Wittenberg 1510
  • Exquisita cursus physici collectanea, Leipzig 1514
  • Precatio Dominica contra impios et seditiosos Lutheranorum errores, Cologne 1525 (contra impios et seditiosos Lutheranorum errores - subtitle not by Beckmann!),
  • Precatio Dominica, oraculo Servatoris nostri nobis sub compendio sermonis tradita. . ., Cologne 1528

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personal data
SURNAME Beckmann, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, pastor and humanist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1476
PLACE OF BIRTH Warburg
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1540
Place of death Warburg