Paul Phrygio

Paul Phrygio , also Sidensticker, Kostentzer, Costenzer , (* around 1483 in Schlettstadt ; † August 1, 1543 in Tübingen ) was a Reformed theologian and reformer.

Life

Phrygio must have come from a middle-class wealthy family, because after attending the city school in his hometown he was able to study in Freiburg im Breisgau and Paris . After this preparatory period, he held theological lectures in Basel , where he also obtained a doctorate in theology in 1513 . For a short time he was cathedral preacher in Eichstätt , then in 1519 he took over the parish in his hometown.

Under the influence of the Strasbourg reformers , he turned to the Reformation . He was warned by his friends not to talk so much about Martin Luther in the pulpit . In fact, the council gave him "preach and sting half" a reprimand and stood against him in 1524. The citizens, on the other hand, stood up for him and agreed to rally for him should he be released.

Phrygio did not want to stay in this charged atmosphere. He transferred his activity to Strasbourg. From his ministerial care center he had to take care of the surrounding rural communities. In 1529 he was called to Basel as a people priest to St. Peter and second professor of theology alongside Johannes Oekolampad . Before that, the council had tried to win Martin Bucer .

In his capacity as professor, he presided with Oekolampad at the first Basel Synod. How respected his position was is shown by the fact that he was called to oversee the ministers as an examiner. Phrygio served as rector of the University of Basel in 1533 and 1534 , but then left Basel, where Andreas Bodenstein was his successor. He himself went to Tübingen in the same capacity, where he spent his last years.

literature

• Gustav Knod:  Phrygio, Paulus Constantinus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 92 f.
• Sabine Holtz:  Phrygio, Paulus Constantinus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 559-561.
• J. Geny: The imperial city of Schlettstadt and its part in the socio-political and religious movements of the years 1490–1536. Freiburg 1900
• J. Adam: Evangelical Church History of the Alsatian Territories. Strasbourg 1928
• Ernst Staehelin : J. Oekolampad's theological life's work (= sources and research on the history of the Reformation, volume 21). Leipzig 1939