Background

Johann Bugenhagen was born at Wollin (now Wolin), Poland on the 24th of June 1485; the son of Ratsherr Gerhard Bugenhagen.

Education

From 1502 to 1504, he studied arts at the University of Greifswald, where he gained much distinction as a humanist.

Career

In 1504 Bugenhagen was appointed by the abbot of the Praemonstratensian monastery at Belbuck rector of the town school at Treptow. In 1509 he was ordained priest and became a vicar in the collegiate Marienkirche at Treptow; in 1517 he was appointed lecturer on the Bible and Church Fathers at the abbey school at Belbuck. In 1520 Luther's De Captivitate Babylonica converted him into a zealous supporter of the Reformer's views, to which he won over the abbot among others. In 1521 he went to Wittenberg, where he formed a close friendship with Luther and Melanchthon. He preached and lectured in the university, but his zeal and organizing skill soon spread his reforming influence far beyond its limits. In 1528 he arranged the church affairs of Brunswick and Hamburg; in 1530 those of Lubeck and Pomerania. In 1537 he was invited to Denmark by Christian III. , and remained five years in that country, organizing the church (though only a presbyter, he consecrated the new Danish bishops) and schools. He passed the remainder of his life at Wittenberg, braving the perils of war and persecution rather than desert the place dear to him as the home of the Reformation. He died on the 20th of April 1558.

Among his numerous works is a history of Pomerania, which remained unpublished till 1728. Perhaps his best book is the Interpretatio in Librum Psalmorum (1523).

Achievements

• Bugenhagen introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark and organized Lutheran churches in Northern Germany and Scandinavia. He is also remembered as having helped Luther in his translation of the Bible.

Works

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  • Commentary on the First Four Chapters of the Gospel according to Matthew

    (Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558) was one of the most impor...)

    2016
  • Johannes Bugenhagen's Kirchenordnung Fur Die Stadt Hamburg Vom Jahre 1529

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

    1885
  • Pomerania, In Quatuor Libros Divisa

    (Italian Edition.)

    2011
  • Johannes Bugenhagen

    (German Edition.)

    2011
  • The Annotations of Johannes Bugenhagen on Ten Epistles of Paul 2016
  • The Public Confession of Johannes Bugenhagen of Pomerania 2015

Connections

In 1522 he married to Walpurga Bugenhagen.

Father:

Gerhard Bugenhagen

Wife:

Walpurga Bugenhagen

References

• Der Bischof Der Reformation German Edition.
• Johannes Bugenhagen...