Ludwig Rabus

Ludwig Rabus (also: Rab or Günzer; * to October 10, 1523 in Memmingen, † July 22, 1592 in Ulm) was a Lutheran theologian and sectarian.

Life

As a poor student from the family of Rab Gen. Günzer Ludwig Rabus came to Strasbourg and found refuge in the cathedral preacher Matthew Zell and his wife Catherine. 1538 he went to study in Tübingen, where he earned his master's degree in 1543. In the following year he was already Zell's helper and could be due to his preaching gift Zell's successor despite his youth, 1548.

Through the Augsburg Interim of course he lost soon after this post, but stayed in Strasbourg. 1552, he was head of the Collegium Wilhelmitanum and teachers at the high school. 1553 he received together with Jacob Andreae in Tübingen doctoral degrees. As the Strasbourg council John Marbach preferred him, he left the city and went as parish priest and dean to Ulm, where he worked for 34 years.

His "martyr book," he nevertheless devoted to the Council of Strasbourg. In the dispute over Kaspar Schwenckfeld he wrote to Catherine Zell, who defended them. For Ulm its activity is of great importance has been. He arranged for a unified teaching alignment, held several visitations, led in the communities church books on a official acts and supported Andreae in his efforts to the Swabian Agreement. His religious zeal exceeded admittedly sometimes the usual boundaries and was considered in Strasbourg as fanaticism. Rabus was, a child of his time.

Family Crest

Otto Heinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine at Duke in Lower and Upper Bavaria, awarded on September 11, 1553 the brothers Ludwig, Jacob and Paul Rabus a coat of arms, " Welch them hatt been lacking ." The original coat of arms letter contains in the center the painted image of the arms, (10.3 cm high and 8 cm wide). The centerpiece is the shield. " .. In the same drey tail divided over egkh down, so the numeral fours compare upper and under Velldung of Rotter and the medium of white drey color unnd in jezbemellter white velldung Zaichen per ains after another steende of black color ..... "

At the certificate hanging on white / blue lacing the seal Ottheinrich, embedded in a large wax disc, which is kept in an ornately carved box made of boxwood.

The coat of arms was published in the book " Sheets for Frankish family customer " tape 34-2011, published by Genealogical Society in Franconia. The coat of arms ( in color ) graces the book cover and there is a section of the original coat of arms letter. The title of the article, written by Charles Rabus and Bernhard Rabus reads: " Family Rabus - pedigree and birth registers of the 16th and 17th centuries ( transmission of a manuscript ) The original manuscript is in the Nuremberg City Archives, under the inventory number E1/1346 to. find.