Ludwig Lavater

Ludwig Lavater ( born March 4, 1527 Schloss Kyburg, † July 15, 1586 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian and clergyman, last Antistes the Zurich church.

Lavater, a son of the provincial governor and later mayor of Zurich Hans Rudolf Lavater ( 1496/97-1557 ), visited in 1538 the convent school in Kappel and studied in Strasbourg, Paris and Lausanne later. In 1550, he was appointed archdeacon of the Great Minster in Zurich and married in the same year Heinrich Bullinger Margaretha 's daughter. In December 1585 he was promoted to pastor at Grossmünsterplatz, which the Office of Antistes the Zurich church was connected.

Due to its short tenure Lavater could barely sit in church politics accents, but became known as a writer and translator of theological writings. His " ghost book" ( first in 1569 ), which turned against superstition, underwent 19 editions and was translated into several languages.

Writings (selection )

  • De ritibus et ecclesiae institutis Tigurinae. 1559 ( Neuausg.: The customs and institutions of the Zurich Church Zurich. Theological Verlag 1987 ISBN 3-290-11590-9 )
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