Christoph Pezel

Christoph Pezel also: Petzel, Pezelius; (* March 5, 1539 in Plauen, † February 24, 1604 in Bremen ) was a Reformed theologian and introduced the Reformed confession in Nassau- Dillenburg and Bremen.

Life

Christoph Pezel was the son of nobles, Christoph Pezel and his wife Brigitta (born Bartmann ). He was married twice and although in 1563 with the dean 's daughter Magdalena lime kiln († 1566) and in 1567 with the widow Catherine Ötting. From this marriage seven children, including Caspar Pezel (1573-1634), lawyer, Council of Count Simon VI of Lippe, Hofgerichtsfiskal and librarian come.

Education and work

Pezel attended the Latin school in Plauen and studied from 1558 at the University of Jena where, among other Viktorin Striegel was one of his teachers. After four years he moved to the University of Wittenberg and visited some months lectures by Philipp Melanchthon. Thereafter, he became a teacher in Plauen, was then one and a half years in the same occupation in Annaberg, but could Thanks to a grant Elector August of Saxony from the January 27, 1564 to continue his studies in Wittenberg. Here he acquired on February 24, 1564 the degree of Master of Philosophy, was pictures more as a member of the Senate of the Faculty of Arts on October 18, 1564 on February 24, 1567 he became professor of dialectics and ethics in Wittenberg and was in the summer semester 1568 dean of the philosophical faculty.

Preacher in Wittenberg

In 1569 he succeeded Paul Crell as a preacher in the Castle Church in Wittenberg, which he was ordained on October 23, 1569. On December 14, 1569 he was inducted into the theological faculty of Wittenberg University, where he received in the same year a theological professorship, to be acquired on 5 May 1570 licentiate in theology and a doctorate on May 11, 1570 Georg Major as a doctor of theology. He belonged in intra- Protestant disputes to the Philippists. When the Philipisten fell under the suspicion of Kryptokalvinismus and Elector August at the request of the Lutherans from 1574 going from Saxony against this direction, Pezel was arrested, imprisoned for two years in different locations and referenced in 1576 from the Electorate of Saxony.

In Eger, Dillenburg and Herborn

He went in 1576 to Eger in Bohemia. In 1577 he was appointed by Count Johann the Elder of Nassau- Dillenburg and initially worked as a preacher in Siegen and Dillenburg. In his formulation, the Nassau confession went back for a General Synod decided in Neustadt on the Haardt on 8 and 9 July 1578 Nassau- Dillenburg which itself joined the Reformed confession. The Nassauische confession appeared in 1592 in printed form. On November 2, 1578 Christoph Pezel was appointed pastor and church inspector in Herborn.

Bremen church reformer

1579 was sent to Christoph Pezel a request of the Senate of Bremen teaching contested among the preachers to settle. Despite concerns on the part of Count Johann the Elder, he went to Bremen, preached and arbitrating the theological disputes. In the spring of 1581 he went to repeated requests finally to Bremen and in 1582 preacher at St. Ansgarii Church in Bremen and in 1584 Superintendent with a preacher at the Church of Our Lady in Bremen. Together with the Bremen Council he completed the introduction of the Reformed Confession in Bremen. 1595 has been set with the consensus Bremensis the Reformed teaching and church order of Bremen. From 1584 he taught as a professor at Bremen High School Illustre ( Altes Gymnasium (Bremen) ), history and ethics.

He published a number of writings and had great influence on the spread of the Reformed Church in the Holy Roman Empire.

Family

Pezel was twice married. He completed his first marriage on June 30, 1563 Wittenberg with Magdalena († January 25, 1566 in Wittenberg) the daughter of the deceased provost in Schlieben M. Johann lime kiln (* 1499 in Ulm, † 1560). On April 16, 1567 he married his second wife Catherine, D. Victor Öttings widow, daughter of Georg Rhaw. From this marriage the following children are known:

• Dorothea (* around 1564 ( presumably Annaberg ), † November 20, 1617 in Kassel ) m. 1st marriage with Wolfgang Krell ( 1535 in Meissen, † April 8, 1593 in Siegen ) son Wolfgang Crell (* September 1592 in Bremen, † July 8, 1664 in Berlin); second marriage in 1596 with Lukas Majus ( May ) (* July 7, 1571 in Rudolstadt, † February 22, 1633 in Kassel) Pred. in Kassel
• Christoph (* March 27, 1568 in Wittenberg, † January 30, 1569 ibid )
• Catherine ( born May 11, 1569 Wittenberg, † September 5, 1569 ibid )
• Elisabeth ( born June 19, 1570 Wittenberg) married 1 marriage August Sagrettarius († 1604), 2nd marriage to Urban Pierius ( 1546-1616 )
• Tobias ( born October 5, 1571 Wittenberg, † April 4, 1631 in Bremen) Lic theology, Pastor and Professor at the Gymnasium in Bremen.
• Caspar ( born June 17, 1573 Wittenberg, † February 10, 1634 in Detmold ) studied law in Heidelberg and Wittenberg, 1596 lipp in the service of Count John VI of Nassau Dillenburg, 1600 Council of Count Simon VI of Lippe 1611. Hofgerichtsfiskal, and later librarian and archivist
• John († 1628)