Reformed Churchmen: 5 June 1493 A.D. Birth of Justus Jonas—Lutheran Scholar, German Reformer, Rector of University of Erfurt and Professor of Theology at University of Wittenberg

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

5 June 1493 A.D. Birth of Justus Jonas—Lutheran Scholar, German Reformer, Rector of University of Erfurt and Professor of Theology at University of Wittenberg

5 June 1493 A.D. Birth of Justus Jonas—Lutheran Scholar, German Reformer, Rector of University of Erfurt and Professor of Theology at University of Wittenberg.

Varied. “Justus Jonas.” Encyclopedia Britannica. N.d. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/305828/Justus-Jonas. Accessed Apr 28, 2014.

Justus Jonas, original name Jodocus Koch (born June 5/6, 1493, Nordhausen—died Oct. 9, 1555, Eisfeld, Saxony), German religious Reformer and legal scholar. A colleague of Martin Luther, he played a prominent role in the early Reformation conferences, particularly at Marburg (1529) and at Augsburg (1530), where he helped draft the Augsburg Confession, a fundamental statement of Lutheran belief. He is best known for his German translation of the Latin writings of Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. An advocate of Erasmus’ Humanism, he introduced Greek and Hebrew into the curriculum on becoming rector of the University of Erfurt (1519).