Georg Rörer (

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: ''Georgius Rorarius'') (1 October 1492, Deggendorf – 24 April 1557

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) was a German Lutheran theologian, clergyman, Protestant reformer and stenographer of Martin Luther's

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s and

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s. Georg Rörer began his studies at

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in 1511. He was awarded his Magister in 1520. From 1522, he continued his studies at the

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, where he met

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and Johannes Bugenhagen. He was one of the first clergymen ordained to the office of deacon by

in 1525. He assisted as proof-reader in Martin Luther's work of translating the

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(1522–1545) into the

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. He also served as Luther's secretary. In 1537, John Frederick I,

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exempted him from his ecclesiastical duties and officially commissioned him to work with the documentation of Luther's work. In this capacity, Rörer became one of the editors of Luther's '' Tischreden'' ("table talk") as well as a collected edition of Luther's works. He moved to Copenhagen in 1551 and to Halle in 1553.

References

Other sources

*Kroker, Ernst. ''Röhrers Handschriftenbände und Luthers Tischreden''. '' Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte'' (ARG)
''Georg Rörer (1492–1557). Der Chronist der Wittenberger Reformation''
( Evangelische Verlagsanstalt)

External links

''The cultural memory of the Reformation - The collection of Georg Rörer'' (The Collection of Georg Rörer (1492-1557) in the Thuringian State and University Library at Jena)
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