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GRYNAEUS, SIMON (1493-1541)

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GRYNAEUS, See also:
SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)
SIMON (1493-1541) , See also:

German See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and theologian of the See also:

Reformation, son of See also:

Jacob Gryner, a Swabian See also:

PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1493 at Vehringen, in See also:

HOHENZOLLERN

Hohenzollern-See also:

SIGMARINGEN

Sigmaringen. He adopted the name Grynaeus from the epithet of See also:

APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo in See also:

Virgil. He was a schoolfellow with See also:

MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon at See also:

PFORZHEIM

Pforzheim, whence he went to the university of See also:

Vienna, distinguishing himself there as a Latinist and Grecian. His See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of a school at Buda was of no See also:

long See also:

con-' tinuance; his views excited the zeal of the See also:

DOMINICANS

Dominicans and he was thrown into See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison. Gaining his freedom at the instance of Hungarian magnates, he visited Melanchthon at See also:

WITTENBERG

Wittenberg, and in 1524 became See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

Greek at the university of See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, being in addition professor of Latin from 1526. His Zwinglian view of the See also:

EUCHARIST (Gr. evXapurria, thanksgiving)

Eucharist disturbed his relations withhis See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic colleagues. From 1526 he had corresponded with See also:

OECOLAMPADIUS, JOHN (1482-1531)

Oecolampadius, who in 1529 invited him to See also:

Basel, which See also:

ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus had just See also:

LEFT

left. The university being disorganized, Grynaeus pursued his studies, and in 1531 visited See also:

England for See also:

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research in See also:

LIBRARIES

libraries. A commendatory See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from Erasmus gained him the See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good offices of See also:

Sir See also:

Thomas More. He returned to Basel charged with the task of See also:

COLLECTING

collecting the opinions of See also:

CONTINENTAL

continental reformers on the subject of See also:

Henry VIII.'s See also:

DIVORCE

divorce, and was See also:

PRESENT

present at the See also:

DEATH

death of Oecolampadius (Nov. 24, 1531). He now, while holding the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of Greek, was appointed extraordinary professor of See also:

THEOLOGY

theology, and gave exegetical lectures on the New Testament.

In 1534 See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

ULRICH

Ulrich called him to See also:

WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg in aid of the reformation there, as well as for the reconstitution of the university of See also:

TUBINGEN

Tubingen, which he carried out in See also:

CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert with Ambrosius Blarer of Constanz. Two years later he had an active See also:

hand in the so-called First Helvetic See also:

CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

Confession (the See also:

WORK

work of Swiss divines at Basel in See also:

JANUARY

January 1536); also in the conferences which urged the Swiss See also:

ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of the Wittenberg See also:

Concord (1536). At the See also:

WORMS

Worms See also:

CONFERENCE

conference (1540) between Catholics and Protestants he was the See also:

SOLE (Solea)

sole representative of the Swiss churches, being deputed by the authorities of Basel. He was carried off suddenly in his See also:

PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime by the See also:

PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague at Basel on the 1st of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1541. A brilliant scholar, a mediating theologian, and personally of lovable temperament, his See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was See also:

GREAT

great and wisely exercised. Erasmus and See also:

CALVIN, JOHN (1509-1564)

Calvin were among his correspondents. His See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

WORKS

works were Latin versions of See also:

Plutarch, See also:

Aristotle and See also:

CHRYSOSTOM

Chrysostom. His son See also:

SAMUEL

SAMUEL (1539–1599) was professor of See also:

jurisprudence at Basel. His See also:

NEPHEW

nephew THOMAS (1512?–1564) was professor at Basel and See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in See also:

Baden, and left four distinguished sons of whom JOHANN See also:

JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

JAKOB (1540–1617) was a See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in the religious affairs of Basel. The last of the See also:

DIRECT

direct descendants of Simon Grynaeus was his namesake SIMON (1725–1799), translator into German of See also:

French and See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-deistical works, and author of a version of the See also:

Bible in See also:

MODERN

modern German (1776). See See also:

BAYLE, PIERRE (1647-1706)

Bayle's Dictionnaire; W. T.

Streuber in Hauck's Realencyklopadie (1899) ; and for bibliography, Streuber's S. Grynaei epistolae (1847). (A.

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