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Joachim Magdeburg (Hymn-Writer)
Born: c 1525 - Gardelegen, Altmark, Germany
Died: c 1583
Joachim Magdeburg studied at the University of Wittenberg from 1544.
In 1546 he was made Rector of Schöningen, Brunswick, and pastor in Dannenberg, and in 1549 at Salzwedel, Altmark. In this year he allied himself with Flacius in an attack upon the Catholic Church. He refused to adopt the ceremonies of Rome prescribed in the Interim and was banished in 1552. By gaining the friendship of Superintendent Johann Aepinus, he became in 1552 the diaconus of St. Peter’s in Hamburg.
Magdeburg was a close friend and follower of the talented and warmhearted Lutheran theologian and historian, Flacius. In collaboration with Flacius, Magdeburg published the well-known historical work The Magdeburg Centuries. He served as pastor in various places, but met with many difficulties. During the violent and acrimonious doctrinal controversies which centered about his leader, he also made many bitter enemies. Repeatedly he was compelled to discontinue his work, partly because of conflicts with the Catholics, and partly on account of differences as to doctrine. Finally he succeeded in finding a permanent position. He was made chaplain under the Austrian Commander at Raab in Hungary. In 1571 he was at Erfurt. In 1581 he was appointed pastor of Efferding in Austria, where he remained until 1583, when he had to give up his work there also. The story of his later life is not known.
He published Christliche und tröstliche Tischgesenge, 1572.
Source: ELHHB Website [Dahle, Library of Christian Hymns; [Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal]
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