Gerhard Wolter Molanus

Gerhard Wolter Molanus, actually Gerhard Wolter of the Muelen ( born November 1, 1633 Hameln, † September 7, 1722 in Hannover ) was a theologian and Protestant abbot of the monastery Loccum.

Life

Gerhard Molanus studied at the University of Helmstedt in Georg Calixtus, 1659 was professor of mathematics at the University Rinteln, then 1664 and finally 1671 Konventual theology of the monastery Loccum, 1672 coadjutor of the local abbot, 1674 Konsistorialdirektor, finally in 1677 itself Dept. From 1674 to in 1680 he was General Superintendent of the General diocese Calenberg.

Molanus was ahead in the business it Reunionsverhandlungen with the Catholic Church of his time. However, he refused, as the converted Duke Johann Friedrich examined him in 1676 to move to the conversion and official successor of Valerio Maccioni as apostolic vicar of the North. Since 1679 he negotiated with Christoph de Rojas y Spinola, Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, Niels Stensen, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and others, " whether the doctrinal differences between the Christian churches actually have to be church-dividing. Molanus suggested that last a new university council should clarify the issues in dispute. Ultimately, the talks collapsed because Molanus underestimated the weight of the doctrinal differences for the identity of the individual denominations and because the princes involved him removed from the political support they had given him initially. " ( Otte 2002, p 259)

Molanus died in Hanover, where he inhabits the abbot's house Loccumer court, the town farm Loccumer the monks, and was buried in Loccum monastery. Its designed his own tomb is. The estate and the important private library were 1728/29 acquired by the Royal Library Hanover, now the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, and include with their Rara and Unica to the greatest books of treasures of this library ( it is printed, comprehensive 789 pages sale catalog). The famous during his lifetime coin collection was sold in 1745 by the heirs and is now one of the important stocks of coin cabinets in Gotha and in the Landesmuseum Hannover.

In Hanover - Kirchrode and in Hameln is ever a Molanusweg named after him.

Works

  • Lipsanographia Sive Thesaurus reliquiarum Electoralis Brunsvico Luneburgicus. Hannover 1697 (Description of the Guelph Treasure )
Loccum Abbey John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany Cristoval Royas de Spinola Neue Deutsche Biographie Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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