Johannes Musaeus (7 February 1613 – 4 May 1681) was a German Protestant theologian.
Education
After visiting the Latin school in
Arnstadt
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he studied at the
University of Erfurt
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starting from 1633 in the Arts Faculty and in Jena with
Damiel Stahl. In 1634 he received the Magister Artium, studying theology under
Georg Grosshain, producing a thesis entitled: ''Disputatio Apologetica In qua Germanica B. Lutheri versio adversus Georgium Holzaium Jesuitam Ingolstad. defenditur In causa De Cultu Divino Enoschi.'' In 1643 he became professor of history and poetry. He obtained a doctorate to 1646 in theology and changed to the Theological Faculty.
Career
He fought against the catholic controversial theologians V. Erbermann, J. Kedde, and
Jacobus Masenius, and positioned himself against
Socinianism
Socinianism ( ) is a Nontrinitarian Christian belief system developed and co-founded during the Protestant Reformation by the Italian Renaissance humanists and theologians Lelio Sozzini and Fausto Sozzini, uncle and nephew, respectively.
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. He was founder of the Jenenser Richtung followed by orthodox Lutherans.
Books by Musaeus
* ''Disquisitio philologica de stylo Novi Testamenti'', 1641, Jena
* ''De usu principiorum rationis et philosophiae in controversiis theologicis libri III'', 1644, Jena
* ''Disputatio de aeterno dei decreto an absolutum sit'', 1646, Jena
* '' Verteidigung des unbeweglichen Grundes, dessen der Augsburgischen Confession verwandte Lehrer zum Beweis ihrer Kirchen sich gebrauchen'', 1654, Jena
* ''Tractatus theologicus de conversione hominis peccatoris ad Deum'', 1661, Jena
* '' Biblia Lutheri auspiciis Ernesti Ducis. .. glossis ac interpretationibus illustrata, a Viti Erbermanni iterata maledicentia vindicata'', 1663, Jena
See also
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Syncretistic controversy
The syncretistic controversy was the theological debate focusing on efforts to unite Protestant churches in 17th century Germany. It was started mainly by the efforts of Georg Calixtus and his supporters to secure a basis on which Lutherans could ...
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Georg Calixt
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Abraham Calov
References
* Carl Stange: ''Zur Theologie des Musäus'', 1897
* Otto Ritschl: ''Dogmengeschichte des Protestantismus IV'', 1927
* Hans Leube: ''Kalvinismus und Luthertum I'', 1928, 347 ff.
External links
Musaeus' math genealogy*
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1613 births
1681 deaths
People from Langewiesen
People from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
German Lutheran theologians
17th-century writers in Latin
University of Erfurt alumni
Academic staff of the University of Jena
17th-century German Protestant theologians
German male non-fiction writers
17th-century German male writers
17th-century Lutheran theologians