Peter Hegemon

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Peter Hegemon (also: Peter Herzog ; * 1512 in Ansbach ; † March 26, 1560 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a Lutheran theologian and reformer.

Life

Hegemon studied languages in Wittenberg and, after he had obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in 1530 , was sent to Königsberg on Philipp Melanchthon's recommendation to take over the Kneiphof Latin School there. He held this office for ten years until the school was closed with the establishment of the particular. Now the desire to enter the pastor's office was awakened in him.

The duke granted him the request, accepted him for two years among his fellows and sent him to study theology in Wittenberg. Instead of two, he stayed in Wittenberg for four years and received his doctorate there on July 3, 1545 under Martin Luther's deanery. Albrecht I of Brandenburg-Ansbach also bore the costs for this.

Since in the meantime Johann Briesmann , prevented by illness and age, could no longer bear the burden of the pastoral office, Hegemon was elected as his successor. "The pious, honest honest man" he is called here. In addition to the office of the cathedral parish, he also took on an extraordinary professorship at the newly founded university in 1547, where he read for two hours. After a few years (1550), when Joachim Mörlin came to Königsberg, he resigned the cathedral parish and took over the Löbenichsche himself.

Hegemon was married and had several children. He must not only have enjoyed a good reputation in public, but must also have shown skill in negotiations, since Duke Albrecht appointed him to his council on October 28, 1550. According to his theological position, he was a loyal Gnesiolutheran , so he rejected the Augsburg Interim without hesitation and was also one of Andreas Osiander's opponents.

Johann Wigand , who still knew him in Königsberg and described his vita, describes him as a simple and straightforward man who presented the Wittenberg theology in a clear and unadulterated manner. In addition to the first theology professor Friedrich Staphylus , who soon fell away, he was the second, but certainly the more solid one. The Duke wanted a connection between the rectory and the academic office in Königsberg, and this path had to be followed because it was difficult to win good scholars for Königsberg.

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SURNAME Hegemon, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duke, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH 1512
PLACE OF BIRTH Ansbach
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1560
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)