Johannes Musaeus

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Johannes Musaeus
Born	7 February 1613 Langewiesen, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Died	4 May 1681 Jena, Saxe-Jena
Nationality	German
Fields	Theologian and natural philosopher
Institutions	University of Jena
Alma mater	University of Erfurt
Doctoral advisor	Georg Grosshain
Doctoral students	Johann Georg Macasius
Notes He was the brother of Peter Musaeus.

Johannes Musaeus (7 February 1613 – 4 May 1681) was a German Protestant theologian.

Education

After visiting the Latin school in Arnstadt he studied at the University of Erfurt starting from 1633 in the Arts Faculty and in Jena with Damiel Stahl. In 1634 he received the Magister Artium, studying theology under Georg Grosshain, producing a thesis entitled: Disputatio Apologetica In qua Germanica B. Lutheri versio adversus Georgium Holzaium Jesuitam Ingolstad. defenditur In causa De Cultu Divino Enoschi. In 1643 he become professor of history and poetry. He ottained a doctorate to 1646 in theology and changed to the Theological Faculty.

Career

He fought against the catholic controversial theologians V. Erbermann, J. Kedde, and Jacobus Masenius, and positioned himself against Socinianism. He was founder of the Jenenser Richtung followed by orthodox Lutherans.

Books by Musaeus

Disquisitio philologica de stylo Novi Testamenti, 1641, Jena
De usu principiorum rationis et philosophiae in controversiis theologicis libri III, 1644, Jena
Disputatio de aeterno dei decreto an absolutum sit, 1646, Jena
Verteidigung des unbeweglichen Grundes, dessen der Augsburgischen Confession verwandte Lehrer zum Beweis ihrer Kirchen sich gebrauchen, 1654, Jena
Tractatus theologicus de conversione hominis peccatoris ad Deum, 1661, Jena
Biblia Lutheri auspiciis Ernesti Ducis. .. glossis ac interpretationibus illustrata, a Viti Erbermanni iterata maledicentia vindicata, 1663, Jena

References

Carl Stange: Zur Theologie des Musäus, 1897
Otto Ritschl: Dogmengeschichte des Protestantismus IV, 1927
Hans Leube: Kalvinismus und Luthertum I, 1928, 347 ff.

External links

Musaeus' math genealogy
Johannes Musaeus in the German National Library catalogue
"Johannes Musaeus". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
Union, Konversion, Toleranz: Kolloquium im Institut für Europäische Geschichte vom 24. - 27. Februar 1999

Lutheran Orthodoxy

Early Orthodoxy

High Orthodoxy

Adversaries	Jesuits Socinians Calvinists

Late Orthodoxy

Adversaries	Pietists Wolffians Neologists German idealists

Portal

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 15539646 LCCN: nr2002029974 ISNI: 0000 0001 1438 4525 GND: 117187828 BNF: cb162077526

Persondata
Name	Musaeus, Johannes
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	7 February 1613
Place of birth	Langewiesen, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Germany
Date of death	4 May 1681
Place of death	Jena, Germany

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