Leonhard Hutter

He was born at Nellingen near Ulm . From 1581 he studied at the universities of Strasbourg , Leipzig , Heidelberg and Jena . In 1594 he began to give theological lectures at Jena , and in 1596 accepted a call as professor of Theology 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 the Formula Of Concord , which he regarded as inspired. His ''Irenicum vere christianum'' is directed against David Pareus (1548-1622), professor primarius at Heidelberg, who in ''Irenicum sive de unione et synodo Evangelicorum'' (1614) had pleaded for a reconciliation of Lutheranism and Calvinism ; his ''Calvinista aulopoliticus'' (1610) was written against the "damnable Calvinism" which was becoming prevalent in Holstein and Brandenburg . Another work, based on the formula of Concord, was entitled ''Loci communes theologici''.

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