Jakob Andreae
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Life
He was born in WaiblingenWaiblingen
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, in the Duchy of Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen from 1541. he attended the diets of Ratisbon (1557) and Augsburg (1559), became professor
Professor
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of theology in the University of Tübingen
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen is a public university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of Germany's oldest universities, internationally noted in medicine, natural sciences and the humanities. In the area of German Studies it has been ranked first among...
(1562), and provost of the church of St. George. He was active in Protestant discussions and movements, particularly in the adoption of a common declaration of faith by the two parties.
In 1573 he conducted with the help of Martin Crusius a correspondence with Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople
Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople
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, to make contact on behalf of the Lutheran Church with the Orthodox Church.
He was a signatory of the 1577 Formula of Concord
Formula of Concord
Formula of Concord is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith that, in its two parts , makes up the final section of the Lutheran Corpus Doctrinae or Body of Doctrine, known as...
, and editor with Martin Chemnitz
Martin Chemnitz
Martin Chemnitz was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer, churchman, and confessor...
of the 1580 Book of Concord
Book of Concord
The Book of Concord or Concordia is the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century...
. In the latter part of his life he traveled in Bohemia and Germany, working for the consolidation of the Reformation, conferring with pastors, magistrates, and princes. He was the author of more than 150 works, nearly all polemical and vigorously written, for the most part directed against Calvinism
Calvinism
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.
He died in Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
, in the Duchy of Württemberg.
Biographies
- Studium Excitare: Biography of Jakob Andreae by Benjamin A. Foxen.
- SchmollerGustav von SchmollerGustav von Schmoller was the leader of the "younger" German historical school of economics.-Life:Schmoller was born in Heilbronn. His father was a Württemberg civil servant. Young Schmoller studied Staatswissenschaften at the University of Tübingen...
, (Gütersloh, 1890).
Further reading
- Brecht, Martin. Andreae, Jakob. In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) vol. 2, pp. 672–680.
- Ehmer, Hermann. Leben des Jakob Andreae, Doktor der Theologie, von ihm selbst mit grober Treue und Aufrichtigkeit beschriben, bis auf das Jahr 1562. Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7668-3036-8.
- Kolb, Robert. Andreae and the Formula of Concord: Six Sermons on the Way to Lutheran Unity. St. Louis, 1977.
- Kolb, Robert. "Jakob Andreae." Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation. (Oxford, 1996). vol. 1. pp. 36–38.
- Jungkuntz, Theodore R. Formulators of the Formula of Concord: Four Architects of Lutheran unity. St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House, 1977. ISBN 0-570-03740-9