Stephan Agricola (c. 1491–1547)
[1] was a Lutheran church reformer. Born in
Abensberg, at a young age he joined the
Augustinian order. As a
monk, he studied Augustine deeply.
[2] As a student, he went to the universities in Bologna and Venice, where in 1519 he became a
Doctor of
Theology. He began to preach on whole books of the
Bible in 1520.
[2] He was led to
Lutheranism through his study of Augustine's works on the scriptures.
[3] He was accused of Lutheranism as a heresy.
[2] Although he claimed his independence of Luther, he was arrested and imprisoned in
Mühldorf on November 17, 1522.
[2] In 1523 he escaped and came to
Augsburg, where with
Urbanus Rhegius he fully accepted the
Reformation and translated
Johannes Bugenhagen's tract
ag. Zwingjli into German.
[2] He was on the Lutheran side during the
Marburg Colloquy, became pastor in Hof in 1532,
[2] took part in the meeting at
Schmalkalden in 1537,
[1] and signed the
Smalcald Articles.
[4] He was instrumental in introducing the Reformation in the
Upper Palatinate, as he was pastor at Sulzbach beginning in 1542.
[2] During the
Schmalkaldic War, he had to flee to
Eisleben,
[2] where he died in old age on April 10–11, 1547. Stephen Agricola was a staunch uncompromising Lutheran, earnest and devoted. His son, Stephen, translated some of Luther's commentaries on the minor prophets.
[2]
Works
- Am köstlicher guther Sermon vom Sterben, Mühldorf 1523;
- Artickel wider Dr. Stephan Castenpaur eingelegt, auch was er darauf geantwortet hat aus seinem Gefängnuss, o. O. 1523;
- Ein Bedencken, wie der wahrhafftig Gottesdienst von Gott selbs geboten …, o. O. um 1524.
References
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of March 2009 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Concordia Cyclopedia article on Stephan Agricola
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Henry Eyster Jacobs, Lutheran Cyclopedia p. 6, "Agricola, Stephen"
- ↑ Smith and Jacobs, Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters Vol. II, Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1918, p.501, see footnote.
- ↑ Smalcald Articles, trans. Bente and Dau, Triglot Concordia, (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921), pp.453-529.
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Agricola, Stephan |
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German Lutheran theologian |
| Date of birth |
1491 |
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1547 |
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