Timotheus Kirchner (6 January 1533 in Döllstädt – 14 September 1587 in

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) was a Lutheran theologian, pastor,

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, professor of theology and

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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 {{Germany-christian-theologian-stub