Johannes Musaeus

Johannes Musaeus ( born February 7, 1613 Long Meadows near Ilmenau, † May 4, 1681 in Jena ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

Musaeus was a son of the pastor Johannes Musaeus and his wife Sibylla storm. His two younger brothers were later theologian Johann and Peter Musaeus. With the theologians Tilemann Hesshus, Daniel Hoffmann and Simon Musaeus, he was also related.

His first lessons learned Musaeus, like his brothers, by his father. Later he attended the Latin school in Arnstadt and studied from 1633 at the Lutheran School of the University of Erfurt, inter alia, Georg Großhain (1601-1638), Johann Matthäus Meyfart, Daniel Stahl and Nicolaus Zapf. Already in September 1634 graduated from Musaeus his defense and moved to the University of Jena.

There his defense was also successful, and in August 1635 they awarded him the title of Master of Arts. As a lecturer he was entrusted in this subject as a lecturer and besides, he studied theology: including Johann Gerhard, Johann heaven, John Major and Solomon Glassius. In January 1643 he was called Musaeus the successor of Johann Michael Dilherr and named him " Professor for history and poetry. "

1645 joined Musaeus at the Theological Faktultät same university and became effective on January 1, 1646 for "or Prof. " appointed. In May of the same year there was also the " Dr. theol. " doctorate.

Reception

Musaeus took position against the controversial Catholic theologian Veit Erber man (1597-1675), Jodokus Kedde (1597-1657) and Jacob Masen and against the Socinians, which include Ernst Soner belonged to a. The apparent beginning of the 1670s - years of community conscience Sener by Matthias Knutzen in Jena he estimated as a radical spiritualists; against Herbert of Cherbury he took a different view of "what is sufficient for salvation." He was the founder of a Jena direction of orthodox Lutheranism.

The eclecticism, represented for example by Johann Franz Budde (1667-1729), was due to the influence of Musaeus to the early 18th century a topic in Jena.

Works (selection)

  • Disquisitio philo logica de stylo Novi Testamenti. Jena 1641.
  • De usu principiorum rationis et Philosophiae in controversiis theologicis libri III. Jena 1644th
  • Disputation de aeterno dei Decree on absolutum sit. Jena 1646.
  • Defense of the immovable ground, use of which the Augsburg Confession related teachers to show their churches. Jena 1654th
  • Tractatus de conversione theologicus hominis ad Deum peccatoris. Jena 1661.
  • Biblia Lutheran auspiciis Ernestine Ducis. Glossis ac interpretationibus illustrata, a Viti Erber Manni iterata maledicentia vindicata. Jena 1663rd
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