Philipp Neunheller

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Philipp Neunheller (also: "Neuheller" and Gracized "Ennecobolus") (* unknown, in Ladenburg ; † after November 21, 1555) was the first theologian who actively pursued the Reformation in Hanau .

education

Since 1515 he was matriculated at the University of Heidelberg , since 1528 he worked as an assistant to pastor Adolf Arbogast in Hanau, after his death in 1531 as his successor.

Reformation in Hanau

In 1532 a contract was signed between the monastery chapter of the central Hanau church, the Maria Magdalena monastery , and Pastor Neunheller, which exempted him from altar services and mass ceremonies , so that he resigned himself to his office as parish pastor - this mainly included the administration of the Sacraments - and preachers could focus. This double structure: on the one hand a Protestant pastor and on the other hand Roman Catholic services existed side by side in the city of Hanau until 1560, when the Roman Catholic priests died out due to death and due to a lack of reoccupation of the corresponding posts and therefore Roman Catholic services no longer took place.

From his position as pastor of the largest and most central church in the city of Hanau and the county of Hanau-Münzenberg , Neunheller carried out the reformation of the church and thus laid the foundation for an independent Protestant regional church in the county. Central here was a catechism , which he published in 1543, which was closely based on the Small Catechism of Martin Luther , and a church ordinance that he wrote. His church order and the doctrine of the Lord's Supper , on the other hand, were strongly influenced by reforms . He maintained relationships with Philipp Melanchthon and the abbot of the Schlüchtern monastery , who was also facing the Reformation , Petrus Lotichius . In 1548, Philipp Neunheller organized the pastors' resistance against the Augsburg interim and gave up celibacy : in 1542 he married the daughter of a Martin Moller from Windecken .

In 1552 he left the parish office. Nikolaus Krug became his successor.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ In older literature June 28, 1552 is mentioned as the day of death, but there is a letter written by him from November 21, 1555. See: Aschkewitz, p. 3.
  2. ↑ It seems doubtful whether a copy of it has survived. Already in the 18th century is looking for it: Cf .: NN: Kurzgefaßte history of men and Counts of Hanau . In: Hanauisches Magazin 42 (1781), p. 381 (1st note); NN: request . In: Reports of the general bookstore of scholars from 1782, p. 33.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aschkewitz.
  2. ↑ Gbiorczyk, s. 13.
  3. ↑ Aschkewitz.
  4. ↑ Aschkewitz.
  5. ↑ Gbiorczyk, s. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Neunheller, Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ennecobolus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Theologian and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Ladenburg
DATE OF DEATH after 1555