Paul Crell

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Paul Crell

Paul Crell , also Krell (born February 5 or 6, 1531 in Eisleben , † May 24, 1579 in Meissen ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

After attending the Latin school in his hometown, Crell enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on November 14, 1548 . There he first studied at the philosophical faculty, among others with Johannes Marcellus the seven liberal arts . On February 22, 1552 he received his master's degree in the arts and on July 10, 1555 he was accepted into the senate of the philosophical faculty.

He turned to a theological studies, succeeded Paul Eber as preacher at the Schlosskirche Wittenberg in 1559 and received his doctorate in theology on December 7th the same year. Thereupon he was accepted as a full professor in the theological faculty, gave lectures on Old Testament , New Testament and dogmatic topics, the latter based on the Loci Communes by Philipp Melanchthon . Crell distanced himself increasingly from the ecclesiastical direction of the Philippists , which led to disputes with his counterparts.

After he had held the rector's office in the summer semester of 1563 and the equivalent vice-chancellor's office in the summer semester of 1569, Crell gave up his position in Wittenberg due to the disputes and moved to Meißen to the senior consistory. Here he developed into a zealous Gnesio Lutheran and encouraged August of Saxony to enforce a strict Lutheran line in church politics. With his writing “short confession and article from Holy Communion” he created the basis for the Torgau articles to be adopted at the 1574 state parliament in Torgau , on the basis of which the Philippists were expelled from Saxony.

Thereupon Crell returned with Kaspar Eberhard to Wittenberg in order to align the Wittenberg Academy according to the Lutheran model. During his second phase in Wittenberg, in 1576, he took part in negotiations on the Torgau Book, the Saxon pre-form of the concord formula . Nevertheless, he could not be happy in Wittenberg. On the one hand, he was discredited by the students because of the electors' ordinances, and on the other hand, even stricter representatives of Lutheran Orthodoxy intrigued against him at the Saxon court . Since there were doubts about Crell's Lutheran convictions, his work came to an abrupt end when his teaching qualification was revoked. In 1577 he returned to the consistory in Meißen, where he eventually died.

From his marriage with Anna, the daughter of Georg Major , the children Elisabeth (* May 16, 1560), Theodor (* February 6, 1562), Sebastian (* January 11, 1563; † 1633), Paul (* January 3, 1566 ) and Anna (born December 20, 1567).

Works

  • Harmoniam quatuor Evangelistarum. Wittenberg 1566/1571/1613
  • Opus concordatium. Frankfurt 1627
  • Tractatum de justificatione & c. Freherus

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  • Register of the University of Wittenberg from 1502 to 1610
  • Julius Köstlin : The Baccaulaurei and Magistri of the Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty (1503-1560). Hall 1887

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personal data
SURNAME Crell, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krell, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1531 or February 6, 1531
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1579
Place of death Meissen