Christian Chemnitz
German Lutheran theologian
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- Doctorate Theology Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christian Chemnitz was a German Lutheran theologian. Latin language sources identify him as Christianus Chemnitius. Life Family provenance Christian Chemnitz was born in Königsfeld, a small town in the hills to the south of Leipzig. The family was able to trace its origins back to Pritzwalk in Brandenburg where since 1287 they had provided no fewer than sixteen mayors and chief aldermen. The most notable family member in more recent generations was Christian's great uncle, the theologian and reformer Martin Chemnitz . Christian's father was another Martin Chemnitz , a teacher and theologian in Königsfeld where he had been appointed pastor in 1593. Christian's mother, born Dorothea Jentsch, was the daughter Johann Jentsch, mayor and town clerk of nearby Geithain. Christian Chemnitz grew up in poverty since the land was in a state of permanent crisis thanks to the Thirty Years War and the accompanying heightened plague risk and economic dislocation.
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