Paul Laurentius Lutheran

Lutheranism

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 divine, was at Ober Wierau, where his father, of the same names, was pastor. From a school at Zwickau

Zwickau

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 he entered (1573) the University of Leipzig

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, graduating in 1577. In 1578 he became rector of the Martin school at Halberstadt

Halberstadt

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; in 1583 he was appointed towns preacher at Plauen-im-Vogtland, and in 1586 superintendent

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 at Oelnitz. On the 20th of October 1595 he took his doctorate in theology at Jena

Jena

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. His thesis on the Symboluin Atzanasii (1597), gaining him similar honours at Wittenberg

Wittenberg

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 and Leipzig. He was promoted (1605) to be pastor and superintendent at Dresden, and transferred (1616) to the superintendence at Meissen, where he died on the 24th of February 1624. His works consist chiefly of commentaries and expository discourses on prophetic books of the Old Testament

Old Testament

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, parts of the Psalter

Psalter

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, the Lords Prayer and the history of the Passion

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. In two orations he compared Martin Luther

Martin Luther

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 to Elijah. Besides theological works he was the author of a Spicilegium Gnomonologicum (1612).

The main authority is C. Schlegel, the historian of the Dresden superintendents (1698), summarized by H. W. Roterinund, in the additions (1810) to Jocher, Gelehrten-Lexicon (1750).