Background
Schalling was born in Ortenberg but as a friend of Martin Bucer he came to Strabsbourg.
Schalling was born in Ortenberg but as a friend of Martin Bucer he came to Strabsbourg.
In 1537 he became a deacon in Jung-Saint Peter and in 1542 he became a pastor in Wolfach. The Count of Fürstenberg summonged him to Donaueschingen. He was an annual visitor to the county"s parishes alongside Caspar Hedio.
Since he had been appointed for life, he could have stayed there even after the Augsburg Interim, but before 1549 he moved back to Strasbourg.
From there he led the Reformation in Weitersweiler. Twenty five years later, in 1576, the text was adopted and published in Wittenberg.