Jakob Andreae (25 March 1528 – 7 January 1590) was a significant German Lutheran theologian and Protestant Reformer involved in the drafting of major documents.

Life

He was born in Waiblingen, in the

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. He studied at the University of Tübingen from 1541. He attended the diets of

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(1557) and Augsburg (1559), became professor 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

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a correspondence with

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, to make contact on behalf of the

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with the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a signatory of the 1577 Formula of Concord, and editor with Martin Chemnitz of the 1580 Book of Concord. 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. Andreae represented the Lutheran side in the 1586 Mompelgard Colloquium with Theodore Beza 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 Tübingen, in the Duchy of Württemberg. He was the father of Johannes Andreae (1554-1601) and the grandfather of Johann Valentin Andreae.

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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