- Jakob Andreae
Jakob Andreae (
March 25 1528 –1590) was a significant GermanLutheran theologian, involved in the drafting of major documents.He was born in
Waiblingen , in theduchy of Württemberg . He studied at theUniversity of Tübingen from 1541. he attended the diets of Ratisbon (1557) and Augsburg (1559), becameprofessor of theology in the University of Tübingen (1562), and provost of the church of St. George. He was active in Protestant discussions and movements, particularly in the adoption of a common declaration of faith by the two parties.In 1573 he conducted with the help of
Martin Crusius a correspondence withPatriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople , to make contact on behalf of theLutheran Church with theOrthodox Church .He was a signatory of the 1577
Formula of Concord , and editor withMartin Chemnitz of the 1580Book of Concord . In the latter part of his life he traveled in Bohemia and Germany, working for the consolidation of the Reformation, conferring with pastors, magistrates, and princes. He was the author of more than 150 works, nearly all polemical and vigorously written, for the most part directed againstCalvinism . [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]Biographies
* [http://studiumexcitare.com/vol_1_no_2/jakob_andreae.html Studium Excitare: Biography of Jakob Andreae] by Benjamin A. Foxen.
*Schmoller, (Gütersloh, 1890).References
*Kolb, Robert. "Andreae and the Formula of Concord", 1977
*Jungkuntz, Theodore R. "Formulators of the Formula of Concord", 1977External links
* [http://www.studiumexcitare.com/docs/archives/000014.php Article on Jakob Andeae published in "Stadium Exitare"]
* [http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/getImage.pl?target=/data/www/NASD/4a7f1db4-5792-415c-be79-266f41eef20a/009/499/OTIFF/00000038.tif&rs=1 Entry on Jakob Andreä from the 1927 "Concordia Cyclopedia"]
* [http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=A&word=ANDREA.JAKOB Entry on Jakob Andeae from the 1975 "Christian Cyclopedia"]
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