Stephan Agricola

Stephan (us) Agricola ( the Elder) (actually Stephan Kastenbauer or Castenpaur, rarely called Stephan Boius; * to 1491 Abensberg; . † 10-11 April 1547 in Eisleben ) was a German theologian and reformer.

Life and work

At an early age he entered the Augustinian order and took as a monk in Vienna studying on. During his studies, he went to the universities of Venice and Bologna, where he in 1519 received his doctorate in theology. As a preacher he had a good reputation in Vienna and Regensburg and was lecturer at the Augustinian monastery in Regensburg.

When Augustine preached in different places, the Lutheran doctrine. Therefore, was arrested on suspicion of heresy on 17 November 1522 and sent to prison in Mühldorf. His own defense and an opinion Johann von Staupitz were of no avail, and he was preparing itself to death by fire before. A conviction of the Protestant preacher but did not materialize because Agricola expelled from Regensburg, was imprisoned first in the Tyrolean mountain rats and was then handed over to the Salzburg enclave Mühldorf, there to await the execution. The procedure was illegitimate for the Duchy of Bavaria, since in their opinion, the high court in Mühldorf approached Bayern. In addition, significant personalities translated repeatedly for Agricola. Agricola was released in 1524 and found his friend John frog in Augsburg recording. Here he was allowed to preach at St. Agnes Convent again.

In 1523 he wrote his reformation program " One concern, as the Warhaftig Gottesdinst of God selbs offered and außgesetzt, with 'd improvement gemeyner Christenheyt widerumb be auffgericht " in which he presented impressive proposals without any exaggeration. Under the protection of the Council he could stay in Augsburg and work under John frog and Urbanus Rhegius, which he kept to the Lutheran direction.

Some signs suggest that he translated Johannes Bugenhagen letters to Johann Hess, which was directed against Ulrich Zwingli in German and had to break out the dispute about the sacrament in Augsburg. As Margrave George the Pious appointed him in October 1528 to Ansbach, he rejected that call. At the Marburg Colloquy, he participated and signed the Marburg articles on the part of Lutherans.

After the Diet of Augsburg in March 1531 he went to Nuremberg, was indeed called back, but could not prevail against the Zwinglian. Since 1531 he was with Wenceslaus Link at Nuremberg and was the successor of Kaspar Löner in court. In a letter to Philip Melanchthon, he demanded of Jacob Schlemmer as the new schoolmaster. As Löners successor he signed the Smalcald Articles. In 1542, he went to Sulzbach where he served as pastor from 1543 and from there he moved to Eisleben in 1545, where he remained until his death. He was a staunch, all mediation attempts averse husband, the Augsburg and the Frankish country owe a lot to.

Works

• On delicious Guther Sermon from dying, Mühldorf 1523;
• Artickel contradict Dr. Stephan Castenpaur inserted, even what he has replied from his Gefängnuss, o O. 1523;
• A bedencken how the wahrhafftig worship of God commanded perso ..., o O. to 1524.