Laurentius Petri

Laurentius Petri (actually Lars Petersson ); to distinguish it from other carriers of the same name, such as his successor, often surnamed Nericius (after his home province of Orebro ) (* 1499 in Örebro, † October 26 or October 27, 1573 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish theologian and the first Lutheran archbishop. He is with his older brother Olaus Petri as a reformer of Sweden.

Life

Lawrence was the son of a blacksmith in Örebro and received his first training in the local Carmelite convent. Otherwise, little is known about his early years. He did not study in Wittenberg, however, as previously believed, along with his brother Olaus the early 1520s, but only from 1527 (probably with a grant of King Gustav I Vasa, the promotion of Reformation hoped ). His teachers were especially Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, where he remained equally committed. 1530 he returned to Sweden and was schoolmaster in Uppsala.

In the summer of 1531 Lawrence was elected to pressure the king, who had been spared a clean break with Rome to the Archbishop of Uppsala and was consecrated on 22 September by the Bishop of Västerås, Petrus Magni. After the Church of Sweden also believes that the apostolic succession has been preserved, but this is not recognized by the Roman Catholic Church.

In the following years, Lawrence became the main organizer of the Protestant church in Sweden. Compared with the always fluctuating King Gustav Vasa and his sons Erik XIV, the kryptocalvinistische inclinations were accused, and John III. , Who sought a settlement with the Roman Catholic Church on the basis of theology Georg Cassander, he could their binding to the Wittenberg Reformation while safeguarding their independence from the royal power and the preservation of many traditions. He was temporarily forced to compromise. So he sat in the court, which sentenced his own brother Olaus and Laurentius Andreae to death.

Lawrence was the author of numerous theological writings, including a much used Piety, and translated works of the Reformers into Swedish. He gave 1542 a hymnal out ( in which several sealed his own hymns as well as a translation of Luther's Small Catechism were included ), created the Swedish order of worship and led the work to the first Swedish Bible ( " Gustav Vasa Bible " ) of 1541 led. His great work was the new church order, before his death was quite valid for one year.

Works ( recent editions )

  • Laurentius Petri handskrivna kyrkoordning av år 1561st Edited by Emil Färnström. Stockholm 1956
  • Martti Parvio: Canon ecclesiasticus; s latinsk utgåva av Laurentius Petri kyrkoordning. Finska Kyrkohistoriska Samfundet, Helsingfors 1966.
  • Messan på swensko 1557. Facsimile edition with an introduction by S. Serenius. Uppsala 1969
  • Sven Kjöllerström (ed.): The svenska kyrkoordningen 1571 jämte studier kring tillkomst, innehåll och användning. Lund 1971

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Protestant Reformers Archdiocese of Uppsala Crypto-Calvinism John III of Sweden Luther's Small Catechism Calendar of Saints (Lutheran) Svenskt biografiskt lexikon Olaus Magnus Integrated Authority File
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