Johannes Pistorius (the younger one), after its place of birth also Niddanus mentioned; (* 4 February 1546 in Nidda, Hessen; "† 19 June 1608 in Freiburg in mash gau) was a German physician, historian and engages discussing catholic theologian in the time of the Konfessionalisierung.

Life

Its father was the well-known Protestant Reformator of Hessen, Johannes Pistorius the older one (* 1504; "† 1583 in Nidda) since 1541 the Superintendent of Nidda were, and together with Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Bucer at many disputes between catholics and Protestanten participated. Pistorius the younger one studied from 1559 to 1567 theology, right and medicine in Marburg, Wittenberg, Padua and Paris. It attained a doctorate 1568 to the doctor of the medicine and to 1575 as a body physician and Historiograph to the Mark count von Baden-Durlach was ordered, who looked for advice in political and theological questions with it also regularly. 1584 it became secret advice of the Mark count Jakob III. of bathe Hachberg in Emmendingen.

After the death of its father 1583 it inherited its Archivalien to reformation history. On the one hand and the departure tendency in the catholic church after the Tridentinum on the other hand Pistorius arranged to convert the solidification of the reformation idea after introduction of the Konkordienformel 1588 from the lutherischen confession to the catholicism. Mark count Jakob III. called up the religion discussions of bathing (1589) and Emmendingen (1590) on his initiative. After the second dispute also the Hofprediger Johannes Zehenderund the Mark count converted to the catholic confession. The Jakob III. died on 17 August 1590 due to a white arsenic poisoning. Its successor became his Protestant brother Ernst Friedrich von Baden.

Pistorius had to leave the yard. It went to Freiburg into mash gau and became a 1591 priest, afterwards to 1594 Generalvikar of Konstanz. In the future it was imperial advice, rehearses the cathedral of Breslau, apostolischer notary and starting from 1601 Beichtvater of emperor Rudolph II. 1604 saved Johannes Pistorius in Freiburg to a girl the life, which should be burned as a witch. On 19 June 1608 it died in Freiburg at Marasmus. To its death its library came into the possession of the Jesuiten of mol home and after the French revolution into the theological Grand Seminaire into Strasbourg.

The in Emmendingen reminds since 1998 among other things of its earnings/services around the city becoming in the year 1590.

Works (excerpt)

Johannes Pistorius: De vera curandae pestis ratione, Frankfurt 1568

Its numerous writings against the protest anti-mash, against Luther and contemporary Evangelist controversial theologians are equally characterized by enormous specialized knowledge, thorough knowledge of the printed works of Luther and archivalisch occupied church-historical procedures during the reformation time. They draw by clarity in the argumentation and, if it were provoked, by sharpness up to the Polemik out.

So published Pistorius a detailed report on the conversion of the Mark count Jakob III: "“Jakob Marggrafen to bathing"… Christian, substantial and wolfundirte Motifen"” (Cologne, 1591). Further important writings are:

• "“Anatomia Lutheri"” (Cologne, 1595-1598)
• "“High-important marks of the old and new faith"” 1599)
• "“Signposts/guides before all seduced Christians"” 1599)

Pistorius was violently attakiert. To its opponents Lukas Osiander, Jakob army fire, Jakob Jakob Johannes Pappus, Hunnius, Cyriacus clip mountain, Samuel Huber and Christoph Agricola belonged. Theologians from Wittenberg and Hessen wrote retorts on the "“Anatomia Lutheri"”.

Pistorius busy also with studies of the Kabbala and published itself the "“Artis h. e. theologi et scriptorum tomus unus"” (Basel, 1587). As a yard historian of the Margrafen of bathing it examined the genealogy of the princes of tough rings and brought two works with historical sources in circulation: histori corpus, ith e. Polonicarum rerum latini veteres et recentiores scriptores quotquot exstant"” (Basel 1582), and "“Rerum Germanicarum veteres jam primum publicati scriptores aliquot of insignes medii ad Carolum V"” (Frankfurt/Main, 1583-1607).

Literature

• Hans the reformation and its children -- Father and son Johannes Pistorius Niddanus - a Doppelbiographie. Niddaer of historical sheets, number 2, Nidda 1994 (a listing contains of all Pistoriusschriften)
• Hans Johannes Pistorius, Hanns bear and the Herbolzheimer coat of arms letter, Herbolzheim 1991
• Hans Dr. Johannes Pistorius (1546-1608) a physician, an human and a theologian coins/shapes history of Baden, in: AQUAE, working group for urban history Baden-Baden, P. 37-70, Baden-Baden 1995
• Hans Louis, Bibliothekographie of the books from the former library of the Johannes Pistorius, which is to be found in the Grand to Strasbourg. A: Catalog according to the Strassburger library order, 31 S.; B: Catalog after authors, 35 S.; C: Catalog after feature years of the books, 36 S., Emmendingen 1995
• Hans Johannes Pistorius Niddanus d.J. - human, physician, historian, politician and theologian (1546-1608) in: Life pictures from Baden-Wuerttemberg, 19. Bd., 109-145, Stuttgart 1998.
• Hans Pistorius, in: LThK, Bd. 8, Freiburg 1999, S. 319f.
• Hans Pistorius, 1. Johannes D. 2. Johannes D. J. in: NDB, Bd. 22, Berlin 2001, S. 486f.
• Hans J. Pistorius Niddanus, father and son - two Niddaer personalities in the century of reformation and catholic reform: Article in "“NIDDA - the history of a city and its surrounding countryside"”, Nidda 2003, P. 123-134

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