Heinrich Heshusius and Confessional Polemic in Early Lutheran Orthodoxy

291 Pages·2010·6.2 MB·English

by  Michael J. Halvorson

Heinrich Heshusius and
Confessional Polemic in Early
Lutheran Orthodoxy
Michael J. Halvorson
Heinrich Heshusius and Confessional
Polemic in Early Lutheran Orthodoxy
For Felix
Heinrich Heshusius and
Confessional Polemic in Early
Lutheran Orthodoxy
MiCHaEL J. HaLvOrsOn
Pacific Lutheran University, USA
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Halvorson, Michael.
Heinrich Heshusius and confessional polemic in early Lutheran orthodoxy.
– (st andrews studies in reformation history)
1. Heshusius, Heinrich, 1556–1597. 2. Lutheran Church – Germany –
History – 16th century. 3. Lutheran Church – Germany – Clergy – Biography.
4. Germany – Church history – 16th century.
i. Title ii. series
284.1’092–dc22
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Halvorson, Michael.
Heinrich Heshusius and confessional polemic in early Lutheran orthodoxy /
Michael J. Halvorson.
p. cm. – (st. andrews studies in reformation history)
includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 978–0–7546–6470–3 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978–1–4094–
0874–1 (ebook) 1. Heshusius, Heinrich, 1556–1597. 2. Reformation –
Germany, northern. 3. Germany, northern – Church history – 16th century.
i. Title.
Br350.H39H35 2010
284.1092–dc22
[B] 2010008296
ISBN 9780754664703 (hbk)
ISBN 9781409408741 (ebk)
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xiii
1 introduction: Pastors and Polemics in Early Lutheran
Orthodoxy 1
2 Heshusius and the University of Helmstedt Circle 29
3 The Psalms Catechism and Lay indoctrination in Early
Orthodoxy 67
4 Heshusius and Lutheran Preaching:Catechetical
sermons 119
5 Heshusius and Lutheran Preaching: Funeral and
Wedding sermons 163
6 Confessional Conflict in Hildesheim: Struggles with Jews,
Jesuits, and rudolf ii 185
7 Conclusion 215
Appendix – The Printed Works of Heinrich Heshusius:
a Finding List 223
Bibliography 227
Index 253
ThIS PAge hAS Been LeFT BLAnk InTenTIonALLy
List of Figures
2.1 Portrait of Tilemann Heshusius. Herzog August Bibliothek
Wolfenbüttel: a 9534. 34
2.2 The Musäus and Heshusius family network cluster at the
University of Helmstedt c. 1580 56
3.1 The seventh Commandment, Luther’s small Catechism
(Wittenberg, 1547). Herzog August Bibliothek
Wolfenbüttel: alv. Ba 82 (2). 77
3.2 The First Commandment, spangenberg’s small Catechism
(Leipzig, 1553). Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
QuH 710 (2). 80
3.3 The Lord’s supper, Mörlin’s enchiridion (Heinrichstadt,
1584). Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: a 249.8°
Helmst. (2). 85
3.4 Psalm 23, Marot’s Genevan Psalter (Lyon, 1565). Herzog
August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Tl 193 (1). 88
3.5 The Lord’s Prayer, Tettelbach’s The golden Jewel
(Frankfurt/Main, 1571). Herzog August Bibliothek
Wolfenbüttel: alv. ac 534 (1). 93
3.6 The Ten Commandments, Heshusius’s Psalms Catechism
(Leipzig, 1593). Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel:
Yj 4.8° Helmst. 97
3.7 Psalm 3, Becker’s Leipzig Psalter for Four Voices (Leipzig,
1617). Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Yv 819.8°
Helmst. (1). 114
4.1 The opening page of the first sermon in Heshusius’s
Psalmocatechesis (1595). Herzog August Bibliothek
Wolfenbüttel: 466.9 Theol. The woodcut illustration
shows a robed Lutheran pastor preaching to a group of
well-dressed men who are standing before a raised pulpit in
a well-appointed stone and brick church. On the floor a
woman sits and plays with a child, although her face is
focused intently on the preacher and (presumably) his
message. 145
ThIS PAge hAS Been LeFT BLAnk InTenTIonALLy
List of Tables
3.1 The structure of Heshusius’s Catechism based on the
Psalms (Part 1: The Ten Commandments) 99
3.2 The structure of Heshusius’s Catechism based on the
Psalms (Part 2: The apostle’s Creed) 101
3.3 The structure of Heshusius’s Catechism based on the
Psalms (Part 3: The Lord’s Prayer) 104
3.4 The structure of Heshusius’s Catechism based on the
Psalms (Part 4: Baptism) 106
3.5 The structure of Heshusius’s Catechism based on the
Psalms (Part 5: Confession and absolution) 109
3.6 The structure of Heshusius’s Catechism based on the
Psalms (Part 5: The sacrament of the altar) 111
4.1 Organization of sermons in Heshusius’s Psalmocatechesis
(1595 quarto edition) 141
4.2 Pairings between parts of the Catechism and Psalms in
Psalmocatechesis 142