Andreas Poach (c.1515 – April 2, 1585) was a German

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched ...

theologian and Reformer. Poach was born in

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. In 1530 he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg. In 1538, he obtained his Master's and remained until 1541 at the University of Wittenberg. He was an editor of Luther's '' Table Talk'', deacon at

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-An ...

, archdeacon at

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, pastor at Nordhausen,

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, and Utenbach, and professor at

. During the Second Antinomian Controversy, he took the

Philippist The Philippists formed a party in early Lutheranism. Their opponents were called Gnesio-Lutherans. Before Luther's death ''Philippists'' was the designation usually applied in the latter half of the sixteenth century to the followers of Philip ...

position that since salvation is not through the

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

, the working of the law is not necessary in conversion; the

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

alone being sufficient. The

Gnesio-Lutherans Gnesio-Lutherans (from Greek γνήσιος nesios genuine, authentic) is a modern name for a theological party in the Lutheran churches, in opposition to the Philippists after the death of Martin Luther and before the Formula of Concord. In t ...

considered him to be an antinomian because of this viewpoint. Ultimately, his views were rejected in the

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 tw ...

in the fifth article, ''On the Law and the Gospel'' and in the sixth article, ''On the Third Use of the Law''.See the Epitome of the Formula of Concord, article six
''On the Third Use of the Law''
/ref> He died in Utenbach.

Works

* ''Vom Christlichen Abschied aus diesem sterblichen Leben des lieben thewren Mannes Mathei Ratzenbergers der Artzney Doctors. Bericht durch A.P. Pfarherrn zun Augustinern in Erffurdt vnd andere So dabey gewesen kurtz zusammen gezogen''. Jena 1559 * ''Eine Predigt aus dem Propheten Hosea/Cap. 4. Vber der Leiche M. Georgij Silberschlags Neunpredigers vnd Pfarrers zu Kauffmanskirche vnd Hebraice linguae publici Professoris in der Vniuersitet zu Erffurdt gethan Durch A.P. Pfarrer zun Augustinern am Fastnacht Sontag welcher war 17. Februarij A.D. 1572''. Mühlhausen 1572 * ''Bekentniß vnd Grund der Lere vom Heiligen Hochwirdigen Sacrament des Leibs vnd bluts unsers Herren Jesu Christi aus Apostolischer Schrifft und Lutherischen Büchern zusammen bracht Durch A.P.Exulem. Zu dieser zeit nötig vnd Nützlich zulesen vnd zuwissen''. Mülhausen 1572 * ''Vier Predigten von der Todten aufferstehung und letzten Posaunen Gottes Aus dem 15. Capitel der 1. Epistel S. Pauli an die Corinther Geprediget von dem Ehrwürdigen Herrn und thewren Man Gottes, D. Martin Luther zu Wittenberg Anno 1544 u. 45'' * ''Vor nie in Druck ausgegangen Und jetzt neulich aus M. Georgen Rörers geschriebenen Büchern zusamen bracht Durch A.P.'' Erfurt 1574

References

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