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URSINUS, ZACHARIAS (1534-1583)

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URSINUS, ZACHARIAS (1534-1583)

URSINUS, See also:
ZACHARIAS, ST
ZACHARIAS (1534-1583) , See also:

German theologian, and one of the authors of the See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg See also:

CATECHISM (from Gr. Karnxeiv, teach by word of mouth)

Catechism (q.v.), was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau on the 18th of See also:

JULY

July 1534, and became a See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple of See also:

MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon at See also:

WITTENBERG

Wittenberg. He afterwards studied divinity at See also:

Geneva under See also:

CALVIN, JOHN (1509-1564)

Calvin, and See also:

HEBREW

Hebrew at See also:

Paris under See also:

JEAN

Jean See also:

Mercier. In 1561 he was appointed See also:

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

professor in the Collegium Sapientiae at Heidelberg, where in 1563 at the instance of the elector-See also:

PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine, See also:

Frederick III., he See also:

drew up the Catechism in co-operation with Kaspar Olevian. The See also:

DEATH

death of the elector in 1576 led to the removal of Ursinus, who from 1578 till his death in 1583 occupied a professorial 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 at See also:

NEUSTADT (Polish, Prudnik)

Neustadt-ar.-der-Haardt. His See also:

WORKS

Works were published in 1587-89, and a more See also:

COMPLETE

complete edition by his son and two of his pupils, Pareus and Reuterus, in 1612.

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