Martin Boos

Martin Boos ( born December 25 1762 in the hamlet of Ried Hutten, today Inge Ried im Allgäu, † August 29 1825 in Sayn, Bendorf today ) was a Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Allgäu revivalism and et al pastor in Gallneukirchen. His Christ-centered preaching had similarities with evangelical sermons, and was regarded with suspicion by some Catholics. Several times landed Boos for his proclamation in ecclesiastical prisons. His life and work is well documented by the numerous letters after the death Boos ' collected by Johannes Evangelista Gossner.

Life

Boos was born as one of 16 children of wealthy farmers in the Allgäu ( belonging to the diocese of Augsburg). When he was four years old, both parents died. He was entrusted to his uncle in Augsburg, who sent him after leaving school to study theology at the (then existing ) University of Dillingen. Here taught Johann Michael Sailer. After Boos worked in various places as a chaplain. In Wiggensbach the Allgäu revival broke out. The key sentence in Boos ' proclamation was: " Christ for us and in us ." 1797 began a suppression, and Boos was detained for more than a year in Augsburg. During a flight the code name Zobo was used for him; he used later occasionally that name.

Finally Boos followed the advice to seek another diocese, and in 1799 moved to Linz. After working at several locations as chaplain, he became pastor in Gallneukirchen ( 1806-1816 ). His preaching was considered by some as " Reformation " - after the Toleration Act of 1781 was that there is great distrust. Then there was a special distrust of foreigners during the Napoleonic Wars. 1810 there was a revival. Boos was a year imprisoned in Linz, which closed for half a year in his solitary cell (1815 /16). A long-term consequence of his work in Gallneukirchen and the anti- Boos and his message ecclesiastical measures was the creation of a local evangelical church.

After his release, he returned to Bavaria. In 1817 he became a teacher of Latin and religion at the gymnasium Dusseldorf, 1819, he was pastor of Sayn near Koblenz, where he died and was buried.

Autobiography and Letters

  • Johannes Evangelista Gossner (ed.): Martin Boos, the preacher of righteousness before God. His self- biographer. Karl Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1826 ( posthumously, mainly due to numerous letters from Boos, put together "Autobiography ", printed in Fraktur, consisting of two parts:. Autobiography, pp. I- XII pp. 1-408; letters of Martin Boos A Supplement, pp. 409-789 ) ( digitized );
  • Based on published numerous shorter - range issues, such as Otto Bornhak: Martin Boos, a fearless confessor. Bookstore of Education Association, Neukirchen 1926 (64 pages), or from the Upper Austrian Evangelical Association for Home Mission, J. Wimmer in Linz, Gallneukirchen 1927 (87 pages).
  • The " autobiography " (ie the first half without the letters of the supplement ) in the 2nd edition of 1831 reissued by Franz Graf- Stuhlhofer, for the first time in modern writing and for the first time with contents ( in the series Studies in the History of Christian movements of the Reformation tradition in Austria, 5). Publisher of Culture and Science, Bonn 2012 (473 pages).

Remembrance

August 29 in the Protestant calendar name.

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