Caspar Hedio

Hedio Kaspar ( Caspar Hedio, Heyd Kaspar, Kaspar Bock, Kaspar Böckel; * 1494 in Ettlingen, † October 17, 1552 in Strasbourg of the plague ) was a German historian, Reformed theologian and reformer.

Life

Grew up as the son of wealthy parents, he attended the famous Latin school in Pforzheim, where numerous, later famous figures of the Reformation were his classmates. He pursued his education in 1513 in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he was the Rector of St. Matthew Zell Magister. He turns to the study of theology, and this led in 1518 in Basel, where he received his doctorate with a defense under Wolfgang Capito about the attributes of God and predestination to licentiate in theology in 1519. At the same time, he already took relations with Ulrich Zwingli on, for he was enthusiastic, and wrote on 23 June 1520 in the same spirit of Martin Luther.

After he had been a short time in Basel Kaplan, he stepped on Capito's recommendation in Electoral Mainz services. Its effectiveness could only be short-lived, as he had already decided on the Reformation movement, and made no secret of his conviction. In Mainz Hedio still had acquired the theological doctorate, but soon he applied for the preacher at Strassburg Cathedral, which he took over in November 1523. His evangelical conviction underlined the 30 -year-old preacher by his marriage to the patrician's daughter Margaret Trenz (1524 ), which was not objected to by the chapter.

In Strasbourg, he worked from the beginning in communion with Capito and Martin Bucer. He participated in the conflict with the old church and in October 1524 published his " rejection uf Cunrats Tregers Büchlin ". In the Strasbourg Reformation history, he takes the next cell and the two relevant Reformers Bucer, Capito and one the most respected position. Theologically, he was not so much in the foreground. Only at the disputations and later in the lectures he was involved. But he stepped down as organizer more prominent and acquired by the education a great service.

On the Marburg Colloquy he was present, without particularly emerge. The written by him itinerary is of great interest. In Strasbourg he took in those years to the socio- political aspirations strong share. He wrote a treatise about tithing, translated the writing of humanist social reformer Vives ' De subventione pauperum "and virtually took on the care of the poor strongly share. As a preacher, he has been very praised and loved by his contemporaries. Some of his sermons were also published in print.

Outwardly he looked far beyond the limits of Strasbourg. In Upper Alsace, in the Margraviate of Baden and the Palatinate, he has been constantly consulting services as a reformer. His sovereign, the Count Palatine Otto Heinrich, he sent some opinions and some advice. So he recommended him as the founding of a library should be open to the people. When Philip Melanchthon was invited to France, Hedio was chosen Strasbourg, to accompany him. Foreign missions he took over in the following years in several cases. So he went as a representative to Strasbourg Colloquy of Worms, in 1541 and 1551 to Regensburg Dorn city. In preparation for the Reformation in Cologne, he was seconded to Bonn next Bucer and leave for a long time.

Hedio was greatly interested in history. He translated many treatises of the Fathers of the Church, issued a chronicle of the early Christian Church after Eusebius and Sozomen, and finally put together a world chronicle which was read and respected by many. So he had made a respected name in the beginnings of Protestant historiography. After the Augsburg Interim ( 1548), he refused any concession to prepare no cause of his church members. He thus waived the preacher at the cathedral, and contented himself with the modest office of a morning crying in the former Dominican Church. As the last survivor of the generation of the founders of the Strasbourg church he took over after Bucer progress of the management of the Church Convention, but had to find out from his theological stance mediating some contrast.

Works

  • Rejection uf Cunrats Tregers Büchlin 1524
  • Chronicles of old christl. Church of Eusebio, Rufino, Sozomeno ..., 1530;
  • Outline ( synopsis ) of the business. v. 1504-1508, 2 volumes, 1538;
  • " Chronicon Abbatis Urspergensis correctum et Paralipomena et usque ad a addita (1230-1537) " An exquisite Chronicles v. beginning of the world from Latin Abbot v. Ursperg, 1539;
  • " Chronica, which is: Warhafftige description entry eller ancient Christian churches of the time, since the Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita done away: that is, birth of the at jarzal, four hundred after Christ, bite auff jar to 1545. " Of Eusebius Caesariensis Digitized edition of the University - state Library Dusseldorf
  • Transl. some tracts v. Augustine, Ambrose and Chrysostom and the historical works of Eusebius, Hegesippus and Sabellicus,
  • " Cuspiniani Caesars, " the story of the Roman Emperor v. Cuspinian, the lives of the popes v. Platina and other
  • Transferred earlier Weltchronikenen into German, provided them with Note and led her to his time away.
  • " Chronicon italiano " ( 3 Tle )
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