Petrus Bockelmann
Petrus Bockelmann or Peter Bo (c) kelmann (born February 22, 1505 in Braunschweig , † August 20, 1576 in Husum ) was a German Lutheran theologian .
life and work
Bockelmann grew up under the influence of the Reformation in his hometown. So in 1524 the first Lutheran sermons were preached in Braunschweig and in 1528 joined by Johannes Bugenhagen wrote church order in force. He studied theology at the University of Wittenberg with Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon . Immediately afterwards he went to Husum in 1527, where he became the first rector of the newly founded school of scholars , today's Hermann Tast School . In 1540 he moved to Hattstedt as a pastor . In 1552 he succeeded Hermann Tast as a preacher in Husum. He worked there until his death in 1576. Successor in office was Bockelmann's colleague and adversary Johannes Hamer.
In the Lord's Supper dispute he stood on the side of the Hamburg theologian Joachim Westphal , to whom he was on friendly terms. Correspondingly, two traditional publications by Bockelmann have Eucharistic questions on the topic.
His son Hermann Bockelmann († 1583) was a pastor in Oldenswort .
literature
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 8th to 18th centuries. S. 88, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 .
- Bockelmann, Peter. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 3, Leipzig 1752, column 1473.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bockelmann, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bockelmann, Peter; Bokelmann, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1505 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1576 |
| Place of death | Husum |