Peter Becker (reformer)

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Peter Becker , called Petrus Artopoeus (* 1491 in Köslin , Pomerania , † March 29, 1563 ), was a German theologian and reformer .

Peter Becker had studied theology in Wittenberg , namely with Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon and probably also with Johannes Bugenhagen . He then worked as a teacher in his hometown Köslin. There he soon fell out with the papists and was then chased away by the clergy. He then became a teacher at the Latin school in Rügenwalde . Later he was appointed rector of the city school in Stettin and in Stettin in 1540 - as the first ever - appointed pastor primary at the Stettin Marienkirche . He was friends with the theologian Andreas Osiander, who worked at the University of Königsberg , and was in correspondence with him.

When Becker was suspected of being a follower of Osiander's doctrine of justification, he was summoned by the sovereign to Belgard , Neustettin and finally to Wollin . Becker publicly apologized. Although the Szczecin Landtag denounced and threatened Osiandrism , no less than the papacy, as heresy, Becker relapsed and was therefore relieved of his office in 1556. His writings were burned. He then returned to Köslin, where he lived as a private citizen and died in 1563.

Under the name Petrus Artopoeus he had published theological works and a grammar of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages. One of his theological works had been placed on the Index of Forbidden Scriptures by the Vatican .

Works (excerpt)

  • Latinae Phrasis Elegentiae . 1534
  • Psalmorum liber prophetae David . 1545. (available in the Munich digital library).
  • Aforismi. De prima rerum origine . Basel 1546.
  • Postilla Evangelica . Basel 1550.
  • Grammatica hebraica, graeca et latina . 4th edition. Basel 1558.
  • Protomartyrium Abelis . 1563.

literature

  • German Biographical Encyclopedia , 2nd edition (R. Vierhaus, ed.), Munich 2005, Volume 1, p. 246.
  • General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts (JS Verlag and JG Gruber, ed.), Volume IV (B - Bend), Leipzig 1821, pp. 293-294.
  • Leipziger Literatur-Zeitung , June 15, 1830, No. 143, pp. 1138-1142 .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Tommaso Agostino Ricchini: Index librorum prohibtitorum Sanctissimi Dominus Nostra Benedicti XIV pontificis maximi jussu recognitus, atque editus ; Roma 1758, p. 15 .
  2. ^ Thomas Antoninus Degola: Index librorum prohibitorum sanctissimi Dmini Nostri Gregorii XVI pontificis maximi , Monteregali 1852, p. 69 .
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Artopoeus, Peter; Artopoeus, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH 1491
PLACE OF BIRTH Koslin
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1563