Paul Sperathus ( him. Paul Speratus ; December 13, 1484 , Ellwangen - August 12, 1551 , Marienwerder ) - Austrian reformer and evangelical preacher, author of Christian hymns. Subsequently, the Bishop of Pomezania .
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Biography
He studied theology in Freiburg , Paris and Vienna . Upon graduation, he received a doctorate in theology, as well as law and philosophy. After that, from 1514 to 1520 he was a priest in Salzburg , then for a few months in Dinkelsbühl . Since 1520, the preacher of the cathedral chapter in Würzburg . At that time, he understood the need to combat abuses in the Church and began to preach reform ideas. Especially sharply Speratus opposed celibacy .
He delivered sermons first in Salzburg, and on January 12, 1522 in Vienna in the Cathedral of St. Stephen . Finally, in the Moravian city of Jihlava, his reformist sermons found a grateful audience — the city council gave him the position of city priest. Soon, however, Speratus was arrested by order of the Bishop of Olomouc and sentenced to be burned at the stake. As a result, the reformer was pardoned provided that he left the country.
After visiting Wittenberg in 1524, Sporatus went to Konigsberg to the court of the Duke of Prussia Albert , where he received the post of court preacher. From 1530 until the end of his life, he was the bishop of Pomezani .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118751875 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
Literature
- Martin Graf: Paul Speratus, der Reformator Altpreußens, der evangelische Bischof von Pomesanien. Ev. Buchhandlung, Königsberg 1917
- Bernhard Rogge: Paul Speratus, ein Herold des Evangeliums in Mähren und Reformator des Herzogtums Preussen. (= Für die Feste und Freunde des Gustav-Adolf-Vereins; Nr. 9). Klein, Barmen 1885, 2. Auflage 1888
- Paul Tschackert: Paul Speratus von Rötlen, evangelischer Pfarrer von Pomesanien in Marienwerder . (= Schriften des Vereins für Reformationsgeschichte; Nr. 33). Verein für Reformationsgeschichte, Halle; Niemeyer, Halle 1891
- Heinz Vonhoff: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her. Auf den Spuren des Paul Speratus . (= Steinkopf-Bücherei; Bd. 20). Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-7984-0460-7
- Wilhelm Wittgen: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her. Paul Speratus. (= Wie unser Gesangbuch entstand; Heft 4). Der Rufer, Gütersloh 1946, Neuauflage 1948
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