Paul Röber

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Paul Röber

Paul Röber (also: Paul Roeber, Paulus Röberus ; * February 5, 1587 in Wurzen ; † March 18, 1651 in Wittenberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Paul Röber was born on February 5, 1587 at 6:30 p.m. as the son of the furrier and quarter master in Wurzen Martin Röber the Elder. Ä. and his wife Cristina († December 1, 1611 in Halle (Saale)), daughter of the baron Schönburg court preacher Paul Held, born in Wurzen. Paul was baptized the following day, in accordance with the customs of the time. After attending the city school in his hometown with his brother Martin Röber , he went to the Princely School in Pforta in 1599 , where he received his university entrance qualification under the rector Justin Bertuch . Then he enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1605 and switched to the University of Wittenberg on June 23, 1607 . There he attended the philosophical faculty with Jacob Martini , but also dealt with theology, where he attended lectures by Leonhard Hutter , Wolfgang Franz , Friedrich Balduin and Balthasar Meisner .

After he had acquired the academic degree of a master’s degree at the philosophical faculty on March 31, 1612 under the chairmanship of Adam Theodor Siber , he dealt with theology and disputed with Ambrosius Rhode on the subject of De stella Magorum in 1613 . He was recommended as vice-principal for the grammar school in Gdansk. He refused this office and instead took over the archdeaconate at St. Marienkirche in Halle (Saale) in 1613 . In doing so, he developed a modern preaching style that made him appear one of the most talented preachers in Lutheran orthodoxy . Röber moved back to Wittenberg in 1617. He had the academic degree of the October 24, 1617 licentiate purchased and received his doctorate here on 31 October 1617 the centenary of the publication of the 95 theses of Martin Luther , the doctor of theology.

In Halle he was appointed court preacher to the administrator Christian Wilhelm von Brandenburg von Magdeburg . In this position, as pastor at Hallescher Dom , he experienced the events of the Thirty Years' War and the attempts at recatholization of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg . He commented on them in the pulpit with a punchy line and repeatedly pointed out that Luther's teaching had led to heresy being banned from the churches and now the true word could be preached. At that time he also dealt with astrology and pointed out that the predictions from stars and numbers were wrong. The guiding hand of the Creator can be recognized by the course of the stars and thus a natural knowledge of God can be achieved. He also denounced the social grievances and did not hide his criticism of the estates.

Röber, who was offered professorships at the University of Rostock and the University of Strasbourg , initially stayed in his Halle position. Only after the death of Balthasar Meisner did he return to academic life, became a professor at the theological faculty of the Wittenberg University and, associated with this, took over the post of provost at the Wittenberg Castle Church . When Friedrich Balduin died that year , he moved to the city ​​church as senior pastor and was thus general superintendent of the Saxon spa district .

Röber had a strong influence in Wittenberg. Not only was he popular as a preacher, but he was also valued as a man of diverse talents. With this he grasped all the liberal arts with his mind and had achieved all the philosophical honors of a poet, musician, mathematician and in the same way that of a historian. He not only played music diligently in his house, held the daily devotion with his family, accompanied by a hand organ, and enjoyed singing a spiritual song on the trip, but also encouraged the students to sing chorales in the morning and in the evening. His sermons, in which feeling and imagination do not reveal themselves without playful adornment of speech and sweetish word forms with emblematic themes and interspersed verses of songs, reveal his relationship with the poetic direction of the time. Some of his songs can be found in the hymn books of Coburg from 1649 and 1655. His hymn O Tod o Tod, terrible picture was edited by his most famous student Paul Gerhardt and rewritten as O Tod o Tod, du horrible picture .

In his theological lectures he mainly interpreted the Pauline letters, drawing on the parallel passages of the Old Testament . But Röber found his greatest fame as a pulpit speaker. Members of all strata of the Wittenberg population flocked to his sermons and a large number of the students wrote them down, so that more than 200 were distributed in print. These contain a deep warmth and intimacy, show a sweetish tone and a playful rhetoric, whereby he gladly took allegory to help. Around 1649 Röber showed signs of poor memory, which completely paralyzed his activities. After he had worked as assessor of the Wittenberg consistory and had repeatedly become dean of the theological faculty, he died of the consequences of his dementia on March 18, 1651.

family

On August 30, 1614 he married Maria (* January 4, 1599 in Halle (Saale), † October 14, 1677 in Gut Karsdorf), the daughter of Magdeburg cathedral preacher D. Philipp Hahn and his wife Barbara, the daughter of the aldermen in Halle Casper Ludwiger. There were six children from this marriage. Of these it is known:

  1. Christina Dorothea Röber (born December 18, 1620 in Halle), married the professor of theology Jakob Weller on July 17, 1638
  2. Paul Christian Röber (~ September 15, 1602 in Halle (Saale); † December 1, 1602 ibid)
  3. Philippina Barbara Röber (born October 18, 1624 in Halle (Saale); † January 19, 1625 ibid)
  4. Sophia Elisabeth Röber (born December 1, 1630 in Wittenberg; † July 13, 1631 ibid)
  5. Paul Philipp Röber (* July 21, 1632 in Wittenberg; † September 7, 1696 in Freiberg, Saxony) Dr. the theology and superintendent in Freiberg
  6. Maria Christina Röber (born November 1, 1635 in Wittenberg † before 1677) married. with the Meissen lawyer Lic. jur. Franz Herrmann

Works (selection)

Books

  • Tract. Quo electores, principipes ac status protestantium causas exponunt declinati concilii
  • Tritendini, Wittenberg 1673
  • Collegium theologium, 1630
  • De mysterio Trinitatis ex Vet. & NT de monstrato, 1650
  • De autoritate S. Scriptuarae, Wittenberg 1629
  • Subject gensthliacum Jesuli, Halle 1616

Sermons

  • Christian Easter Thoughts, Hall 1616
  • Christmas sermons from It. IX Hall 1616
  • Nice paintings from Luc. XIV., Hall 1618
  • Wolmirstedische Weyhnachten, Magdeburg 1619
  • 3 cheering sermons, Halle 1618
  • Hallische Landtag sermon, Halle 1621
  • Evangelical bridal carriage, from the rich man and poor Lazaro, Wittenberg 1622, 1652
  • Two main bowls of the golden chandelier
  • Guest sermon given in Leipzig, Wittenberg 1633
  • Glory of the holy marriage, Wittenberg 1625
  • Pfingstkeyerlich neck jewelery and belief chain Wittenberg 1630
  • Reflections on Holy Communion and fraternal forgiveness, Halle 1617
  • Funeral sermons in 3 parts, Frankfurt 1617
  • Centuria suneralium singularis, or 100 Christian funeral sermons, Frankfurt 1658, 1662
  • 30 selected time sermons, Frankfurt 1658
  • Unequal court color of the bride, Christ and Satan of this world, Frankfurt

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Röber, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roeber, Paul; Röberus, Paulus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1587
PLACE OF BIRTH Spice up
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1651
Place of death Wittenberg