Paul Tarnow

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Paul Tarnow

Paul Tarnow , lat. Paulus Tarnovius (born June 28, 1562 in Grevesmühlen ; † April 6, 1633 in Rostock ) was an Orthodox Lutheran theologian and rector of the University of Rostock .

Life

Paul Tarnow was the son of the mayor of Grevesmühlen Johannes Tarnow and his wife Magdalene, nee Greve. He turned out to be gifted at an early age and received home schooling from his parents. His development went so well that at the age of twelve he was sent to the Katharineum in Lübeck with his older brother Hermann in the spring of 1575 . In autumn 1578 he fled from the plague to Lüneburg , where he continued to study ancient languages. A lack of money forced him back to Grevesmühlen that same year. After matriculating in Rostock in September 1579, Tarnow was not able to start studying again, probably due to a lack of finances. He attended the Güstrow city school. A new beginning of studies in Rostock in autumn 1580 failed because the fear of a "Spanish plague" forced him to flee to Güstrow again.

In the summer of 1581 he began his studies at the University of Rostock . In 1582 he was tutor to Heinrich von Oldenburg for almost three years. During this time he acquired an intensive knowledge of the Bible, read ancient authors and wrote Latin and Greek poems and prose pieces . In 1585 Tarnow returned to Rostock, primarily to learn Hebrew thoroughly . At the same time he studied theology , but also ethics , politics and mathematics . His most important teacher was David Chytraeus . In 1589, after completing his studies, Tarnow was appointed to the vacant rectorate of the Parchim City School.

On August 23, 1593, he acquired his master's degree and was appointed rector of the Rostock City School, which was only founded in 1579/80 . Paul Tarnow achieved that this shabby school regained its old quality after the departure of Nathan Chyträus . In 1597 Tarnow was accepted into the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Rostock . On June 13, 1605 he received his doctorate in theology and in the autumn of the same year he succeeded David Chyträus as "Professor Theologiae Primarius".

In 1596 Tarnow married Anna Schultze, the daughter of a Rostock citizen. Of his four children, only the youngest daughter Anna (1608–1669) survived him. She married the Rostock professor of medicine and physics Joachim Stockmann . Paul Tarnow was evidently living in a very happy household. He was buried on April 9, 1633 in the Jakobikirche in Rostock.

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From an extensive lecture since 1614, a speech from 1616 (printed in 1617) and five disputations from 1617, 1618 and 1620, the main work by Paul Tarnow arose: De sacrosancto ministerio, libri tres… , a pastoral theology of 1424 octave pages. This includes u. a. Thoughts on the pastor's administration and suggestions for improving the practice that e.g. B. electing congregations pastors from an incomplete degree is to be rejected. Tarnow suggested that they should have a practice as a school teacher beforehand. Even better known is his work De novo evangelio, quod sit causa omnium calamitatum, universum christianorum orbem inundantium et submergentium Dissertatio… , delivered on April 23, 1624 as a rector's speech. This speech was translated into German by Heinrich Ammersbach in 1663 and translated again by the Pietist Johann Hieronymus Wiegleben towards the end of the century. During Tarnow's tenure, the University of Rostock did not take part in the general upswing in philosophy that occurred in Helmstedt, Wittenberg, Gießen and Jena and was backward in this regard.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Registration of Paul Tarnow in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ Doctoral degree from Paul Tarnow in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ^ Reception by Paul Tarnow in the Rostock matriculation portal
  4. ↑ Doctorate for Paul Tarnow in the Rostock matriculation portal
  5. ↑ 3: 008280E in VD 17 .
personal data
SURNAME Tarnow, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1562
PLACE OF BIRTH Grevesmühlen
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1633
Place of death Rostock