Reinhard Wolf (pastor)

Reinhard Wolf (* around 1589 in Lich ; † August 1637 in Zerbst ) was a German pastor, Reformed theologian, princely court preacher, writer and translator. Further forms of name are Reinhard Wolf , Reinhard Wolff , Reinhardus Wolphius , Reinhardus Guolfius , Reinhardus Guolfius Lichensis and Reinhardus Vuolfius Lichensis .

Life

Pastor Johann Christoph Reinhard Wolf was a native of Lich. His exact year of birth is unknown. On November 25, 1609 he studied in Heidelberg . In keeping with the spirit of the times, Reinhard Wolf put his name into Latin, like many other public figures: Reinhardus Guolfius Lichensis (from Lich). In 1611 he became a deacon and second pastor in Sinsheim . He married Anna Margarete Gersbach on November 26, 1611 in Heidelberg, who is referred to as "relictae" (= orphaned). A festschrift with congratulations was published for the wedding. Wolf officiated since September 15, 1613 as pastor in Hemsbach and Laudenbach an der Bergstrasse . Here he owned a small piece of land. The pastor of Hemsbach, Reinhard Wolf, gave the funeral oration on Sunday, December 8th, 1613 at the grave of his Laudenbach counterpart Anton Praetorius , a fighter against witch trials and torture . This funeral address was printed in Heidelberg in 1614. While the pastor Johannes Adam from the neighboring town of Heppenheim wrote a dedication for the anti-torture book by Anton Praetorius in 1613 , Reinhard Wolf did not mention Praetorius' commitment against the persecution of witches in his funeral address .

Several speeches ( funerary speeches ) have been handed down by Reinhard Wolf. He has some works by the well-known Reformed theologian Abraham Scultetus , including a. translated and published about the church reformation in Germany . Until 1624 there were a total of five publications under the author's name Reinhard Guolfius Lichensis. In Zerbst / Anhalt , the plague was introduced when the soldiers marched in in 1626 , of which 56 clergymen fell victim out of 137 pastors. Their service was taken over by 41 pastors from the reformed Upper Palatinate, who had to flee the Counter Reformation after the political debacle in the Electoral Palatinate and found asylum in Anhalt.

From 1625 six funeral orations appeared with the author's name Reinhard Guolfius, pastor in Zerbst. The pastor register of Anhalt names the pastor of Zerbst Reinhard Wolf from Upper Palatinate : He was married to Margarethe Scultetus, daughter of the Reformed theologian Abraham Scultetus . Reinhard Wolf was the first pastor of the Reformed Church of St. Bartholomäi in Zerbst / Anhalt from 1625 to 1637. The position of the first pastor of St. Bartholomäi was mostly connected with the office of superintendent and court preacher of the prince. In 1628 and 1636 he is referred to on the title page of a funeral speech as "court preacher at the princely castle church in Zerbst", while the funeral sermon of 1631 calls him pastor at the castle church in Zerbst. During this time, he gave several funeral sermons for the burial of prominent personalities.

Reinhard Wolf died in Zerbst in August 1637.

literature

• Hartmut Hegeler : Funeral sermon for Pastor Anton Praetorius. Fighters against witch trials and torture, held by Pastor Reinhard Wolf. Edited and published by the Büdingen history workshop. 2nd, expanded edition. History workshop Büdingen, Büdingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-939454-19-9 .
• Hartmut Hegeler: Death fell through our windows. Life and work of Reinhard Wolf (Reinhardus Guolfius). Pastor and court preacher in Sinsheim, Hemsbach (Electoral Palatinate), Zerbst (Saxony-Anhalt) and his funeral sermon for Pastor Anton Praetorius. Fighters against witch trials. Self-published, Unna 2007, ISBN 978-3-940266-06-4 .

Web links

• Publications by and about Reinhard Wolf in VD 17 .