Nikolaus Selnecker
Nicholas Selnecker (also: Sell Ecker, Nicolaus Selneccer; born December 6, 1530 in Hersbruck, † May 24 1592 in Leipzig ) was a German Protestant theologian, reformer, church hymn writer and composer.
Life
Selnecker Nicholas, son of the town clerk and notary George Schell Ecker and Dorothea (nee Peer ), grew up in Nuremberg since 1534. Since early youth he devoted himself to music and became in 1542 organist at the Nuremberg castle chapel. On April 29, 1550 and began studying at the University of Wittenberg. The friendship with his father Philipp Melanchthon opened to him the house of the preceptor. Under his influence he obtained on July 31, 1554 the academic degree of Master of Liberal Arts. He was taken on May 1, 1555 as a member of the Faculty of Philosophy and was the summer of 1556 her dean.
On the conformity of Melanchthon with Martin Luther, he never doubted. Melanchthon recommended him in 1557 as a second court preacher in Dresden. He was then appointed there, he received on February 1, 1558 Wittenberg ordination, on April 4, 1559 he was entrusted with the Hofkapellknaben and he was on 14 February 1560 onwards royal tutor of Augustus. In 1559 he married the daughter of the Superintendent Daniel Greiser, under whose influence he came. After he had reprimanded the hunting passion of electors in August 1564, his influence waned.
In March 1565 Selnecker went as professor of theology in Jena, but had to make the Gnesiolutheranern place after two years. 1568 appointed him Elector August professor of theology in Leipzig. In Wittenberg he acquired on 10 May 1570 doctoral degrees. He then took over the office of the General Superintendent in Braunschweig Wolfenbüttel, but had a hard time in Braunschweig against Martin Chemnitz and Jacob Andreae. As Philippist Selnecker could participate in the negotiations on the Concord and got into serious challenges. During this time he wrote the song Let me be and remain yours.
In this unfortunate time for him he held soon in Gander Home, 1572 in Oldenburg, where he participated in the founding of the High School, the predecessor of the University of Helmstedt, largely participated. 1573 he wrote to Hermann Hamelmann the Oldenburg church order. 1574 he was appointed pastor of St. Thomas in Leipzig; where he was from 1576 superintendent and professor of the theological faculty. As Ireniker he did to promote the Agreement. But when Andreae acted arbitrarily, to reset Selnecker felt. Friendship with Andreae broke.
After the death of the Elector August, he was deposed and expelled under the Calvinist Elector Christian I of Saxony in 1589. He lived in Magdeburg until 1590 he was superintendent in Hildesheim in October. As in 1591 again a change of government in Saxony was done and there was a turn of ecclesiastical affairs, he returned to Leipzig. Soon after, he died and was royally buried in St. Thomas' Church. Selnecker left 170 journals, including the Lutheran Historia (1575 ) and the History of the Augsburg Confession ( 1584) and was involved in the drafting of the Konkordienbuches. He also influenced the convents in Torgau and mountains crucial. He also had written 120 songs, some of which are still in the Evangelical Hymnal ( EC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church Hymns are.