David Pareus

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Dr. David Pareus (1548— 1622) was a German Protestant theologian and reformer.

David Pareus studied from the age of fourteen in Hirschberg. His father then disinherited him because of the opinions that David formed during his studies. Pareus entered the College of Sapience in Heidelberg where he studied Divinity. He was a student of Zacharias Ursinus. After several years preaching in the area and lecturing at the college in Heidelberg, Pareus gained his doctorate. In 1596 he was appointed Professor of the Old Testament and in 1602 he was appointed Professor of the New Testament.

Pareus advocated calling rulers to account for their actions. These opinions were viewed with suspicion by the absolute monarchy of James I of England. In 1622, authorities in Oxford were ordered to search libraries and bookshops and to burn every copy of his work.

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