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Timotheus Kirchner (6 January 1533 in
Döllstädt – 14 September 1587 in
Weimar
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) was a Lutheran theologian, pastor,
Protestant reformer
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In the context of the Reformation, Martin Luther was the first reformer (sharing his views publicly in 15 ...
, professor of theology and
superintendent
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*Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank
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*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
in Weimar.
Life
Kirchner was the son of a teacher. He attended school in Gotha, studied in Jena and Erfurt, and was the village priest at a young age.
References
*Kolb, Robert ''Bound Choice, Election, and Wittenberg Theological Method'' Eerdmans Publishing, 2005 pg. 125ff
1533 births
1587 deaths
16th-century German Protestant theologians
16th-century German Lutheran clergy
German Lutheran theologians
German male non-fiction writers
People from Gotha (district)
16th-century German male writers
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