Sibrand Lubbert

Sibrandus Lubbertus

Sibrand Lubbert (also: Sibet Lubben, Sibrand Lubbertus * to 1555 / 56 in Langwarden ; † 10 / 11 / 21st January 1625 in Franeker ) was a German Reformed theologian.

Life

Lubbert, who came from a family of Frisian chiefs , graduated from school in Bremen and matriculated at the University of Wittenberg in 1575 . He probably continued his studies at the University of Geneva in 1576 . In 1577 you can find him at the University of Basel , 1578 at the University of Marburg and he studied in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , where the University of Heidelberg had been relocated due to religious disputes.

In 1581 the Calvinist was courted by the communities in Emden and Brussels . He went to Emden. In 1583 he was dismissed under pressure from the Lutheran Count Edzard and his court preacher Johannes Ligarius . In 1585 he was met in Groningen , where he took part in the city's church-regulating measures. In 1585 he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Franeker , he received his doctorate in theology at the University of Heidelberg in 1587 and subsequently fought against the forces of the Counter-Reformation . In the religious struggles of that time he appeared against the socians , was a member of the Synod in Dordrecht in 1618/19 and advocated freedom of choice for the church. He died as rector of the Academy in Franeker.

He was married to Gertrude van Oosterzee , with whom he had a daughter Magdalena.

Selection of works

1. De Principas Christinnorum dogmatum Libri Septem scholastice et Theologice collati cum disputationibus Roberti Bellarmini Jesuitae Romani. 1591
2. De Papa Romano Libri decern, scholastice et theologice collati cum disputationibus Roberti Bellarmini. 1594
3. De Conduis Libri quinqué scholastice et Theologice collati cum disputationibus Roberti Bellarmini 1601
4. De Ecclesia, Libri sex collati cum disputationibus Roberti Bellarmini. 1607
5. De Jesu Christo Servatore, hoc est: Cur et qua ratione Jesus Christ noster Servator sit, Libri quattuor contra Faustum Socinum. 1611
6. Sibrandi Lubberti Responsio ad Pietatem Hugonis Grotii. 1614;
7. S. Lubberti Commentarius in Catechesin Palatino-Belgicam. 1618.

literature

• Lubbertus, Sibrand. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 18, Leipzig 1738, columns 613-615.
• Jacob Cornelis van Slee :  Lubbertus, Sibrand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 323 f.
• Anneliese Sprengler-Ruppenthal :  Lubbert, Sibrand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 262 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Karl Friedrich Ulrichs :  LUBBERTUS, Sibrandus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 286-290.