- Leonhard Hutter
Leonhard Hutter (January,
1563 -October 23 ,1616 ), was a GermanLutheran theologian.He was born at
Nellingen nearUlm . From 1581 he studied at the universities of Strasbourg, Leipzig, Heidelberg and Jena. In 1594 he began to give theological lectures atJena , and in 1596 accepted a call as professor oftheology at Wittenberg, where he died twenty years later.Hutter was a stern champion of
Lutheran orthodoxy , as set down in the confessions and embodied in his own "Compendium locorum theologicorum" (1610; reprinted 1863), being so faithful to his master as to win the title of "Luther redonatus."In reply to
Rudolf Hospinian 's "Concordia discors" (1607), he wrote a work, rich in historical material but one-sided in its argument, "Concordia concors" (1614), defending theformula of Concord , which he regarded as inspired. His "Irenicum vere christianum" is directed againstDavid Pareus (1548-1622), professor primarius at Heidelberg, who in "Irenicum sive de unione et synodo Evangelicorum" (1614) had pleaded for a reconciliation ofLutheranism andCalvinism ; his "Calvinista aulopoliticus" (1610) was written against the "damnable Calvinism" which was becoming prevalent inHolstein andBrandenburg . Another work, based on theFormula of Concord , was entitled "Loci communes theologici".References
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