Johannes Agricola

e="German proverbs">German proverbs. The first volume contains 300 proverbs and was published in 1529 (Drey hundert Gemeyner Sprichworter, der wir Deutschen vns gebrauchen, vnd doch nicht wissen woher sie kommen; first published in Low German the year before); the second volume contains 450 proverbs and was published in 1530 (Das ander teyl gemainer Tewtscher Sprichwörter, mit jhrer außlegung : hat fünffthalb hundert newer Wörtter). A revised edition containing the seven hundred and fifty proverbs of the previous two volumes was published in 1534 (Sybenhundert und fünfftzig teütscher Sprichwörter, verneüwert und gebessert) and later republished with updated orthography, for example, in Wittenberg in 1592.

In literature

In 1836, Robert Browning used him as the subject of an early poetic solioquy, "Johannes Agricola in Meditation".

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d John Julian: Dictionary of Hymnology, Second Edition, page 19. London: John Murray, 1907.
^ Lutheran Cyclopedia entry on Agricola, John.

Early Lutheran controversies

Date	Controversy	Resolution ^a	Issues / people / publications involved
1527–56	Antinomian		Johannes Agricola Andreas Poach Anton Otto Matthias Flacius Philippists
1533–53	Descent into Hell	IX	Descent into Hell Johannes Aepinus
1548–55	Adiaphoristic	X	Philipp Melanchthon Matthias Flacius Philippists Gnesio-Lutherans
1549–66	Osiandrian	III	Andreas Osiander Johann Funck Franciscus Stancarus Philipp Melanchthon Matthias Flacius Andreas Musculus Victorinus Strigel
1551–62	Majoristic	VI	Georg Major Justus Menius Nicolaus von Amsdorf Nicolaus Gallus Philippists Gnesio-Lutherans
1555–60	Synergistic	II	Philipp Melanchthon Johann Pfeffinger Victorinus Strigel Matthias Flacius Philippists Gnesio-Lutherans On the Bondage of the Will
1560–75	Flacian	I	Matthias Flacius Simon Musaeus Victorinus Strigel
1560–75	Crypto-Calvinist	VII	Philipp Melanchthon Augsburg Confession Variata Albert Rizaeus Hardenberg Joachim Westphal Martin Chemnitz Maximilian Mörlin Philippists Sacramentarians Ubiquitarians Gnesio-Lutherans The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
1561–63	Predestination	XI	Predestination Johannes Marbach Hieronymus Zanchi

^a According to the Formula of Concord articles identified (I–XII).

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Johannes Agricola