Jakob Andreae (25 March 1528 – 7 January 1590) was a significant German

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theologian and

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involved in the drafting of major documents.

Life

He was born in

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, in the

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. He studied at the

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from 1541. He attended the diets of

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(1557) and

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(1559), became

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of theology in the University of Tübingen (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, to make contact on behalf of the

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with the

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. He was a signatory of the 1577

Formula of Concord Formula of Concord (1577) (German, ''Konkordienformel''; Latin, ''Formula concordiae''; also the "''Bergic Book''" or the "''Bergen Book''") is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or "symbol") that, in its t ...

, and editor with

Martin Chemnitz Martin Chemnitz (9 November 1522 – 8 April 1586) was an eminent second-generation German, Evangelical Lutheran, Christian theologian, and a Protestant reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the Evangelical Lutheran tradition he is known as ...

of the 1580

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. 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

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. Andreae represented the Lutheran side in the 1586 Mompelgard Colloquium with

Theodore Beza Theodore Beza ( la, Theodorus Beza; french: Théodore de Bèze or ''de Besze''; June 24, 1519 – October 13, 1605) was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformatio ...

representing the Reformed side. Another name for this event is the Colloquy of Montbéliard. They discussed the doctrines of the Lord's Supper, the person of Christ, predestination, the use of pictures, and ceremonies.Lutheran Cyclopedia
entry on the Mompelgard Colloquium He died in

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, in the Duchy of Württemberg. He was the father of Johannes Andreae (1554-1601) and the grandfather of

Johann Valentin Andreae Johannes Valentinus Andreae (17 August 1586 – 27 June 1654), a.k.a. Johannes Valentinus Andreä or Johann Valentin Andreae, was a German theologian, who claimed to be the author of an ancient text known as the ''Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Ro ...

Biographies

Studium Excitare: Biography of Jakob Andreae
by Benjamin A. Foxen. * Schmoller, (Gütersloh, 1890).

References

External links

Article on Jakob Andreae published in ''Studium Excitare''

Entry on Jakob Andreä from the 1927 ''Concordia Cyclopedia''

Entry on Jakob Andeae from the 1975 ''Christian Cyclopedia''
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