Paul Hofmann (theologian)

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Paul Hofmann (also Hoffmann; born October 31, 1630 in Breslau ; † March 18, 1704 in Thorn ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

After attending grammar school in Breslau, he studied theology in Wittenberg and temporarily in Leipzig from 1648 , which he graduated in 1652. Thanks to his theological knowledge, but also an excellent way of life, Hofmann had earned a very good reputation at both universities. When the Saxon electoral prince Johann Georg II. , Who became elector in 1656, approached the two faculties around 1652/1653 and asked for a theological teacher and supervisor for his son electoral prince Johann Georg III. asked, both faculties unanimously chose Hofmann. He allegedly held this office for 10 years, i.e. until 1663. As part of this activity, he accompanied the prince (who married the Danish princess Anna Sophia in Copenhagen in 1666) three times as confessor and travel preacher on his travels to Denmark . In 1663, in gratitude for the service rendered, Hofmann was reimbursed by the elector for the fees for the acquisition of the licentiate in theology, i.e. the right to teach at the University of Wittenberg. As a result, he also presented his doctorate here . In 1667 Hofmann was appointed superintendent in Torgau , where he stayed until 1681. During this time he became the owner of the Klostvorwerk and free estate Sitzenroda not far from Torgau . Allegedly he was enfeoffed by Elector Johann Georg II as a thank you for the upbringing of his son.

Despite owning this property, Hofmann gave up his position as superintendent in Torgau in 1682 and went to Poland . Here he took over the pastor's post at the Marienkirche in the town of Thorn, which is predominantly inhabited by Protestant Germans , and at the same time held the post of high school rector and senior of the ministry of preachers . From 1694, due to his age, he only managed his spiritual office.

Hofmann was the author of many writings, including church calendars and marriage mirrors, which made him a name for himself in his day. As artistically, as a draftsman, very talented, he made the copperplate engravings for several of these publications himself; so in the Torgau Catechism , which he provided with 43 engravings.

Hofmann was married; of his children, the son of the same name Paul (born April 16, 1678 Torgau, † January 30, 1748 Annaberg) also made a name for himself as a theologian.

Works

  • Torgau Catechism or Princely and Other God-Fearing Children's Hand Book (around 1668)
  • Torgau Christian Jubilate, or Sermon in the Torgau Castle Chapel (1671)
  • Righteous Christians up and down flying love banner, presented in a congratulatory sermon
  • Lamented and comforted mortality in 24 sermons of abdication
  • precum formulas et morum regulae
  • Discourse of teachings of the Jews in the New Testament

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Wilde : The knights and free estates in northern Saxony . CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1997, ISBN 3-7980-0687-3 , p. 565 .
personal data
SURNAME Hofmann, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1630
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1704
Place of death Toruń