Born ‎Jun 1524 Tübingen, Tübingen, Württemberg, Deutschland, died ‎16 Jan 1566 Stuttgart, Königreich Württemberg, Deutsches Reich‎, age 41 years

Born ‎16 Dec 1534 Nürnberg, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich, died ‎17 Sep 1604 Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Landkreis Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland‎, age 69 years
Lucas Osiander (* 16 December 1534 in Nuremberg ; † 17 September 1604 in Esslingen , buried in Stuttgart /Stiftskirche) was a German pastor of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . He was the son of the reformer Andreas Osiander

Encouraged by his parents to study at an early age, he attended school in Nuremberg and the University of Königsberg (Prussia) . In 1555 he became a deacon in Göppingen , in 1558 pastor and superintendent in Blaubeuren and in 1563 pastor at the Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart. Already traveling on church-political missions during this time, Osiander was appointed court preacher to the Prince of Württemberg and a member of the consistory in 1569. In the same year he was named co-editor of Sigmund Hemmel 's Psalter settings . He was involved in the preparation of the Formula of Concord and, together with Jakob Heerbrand , produced its official Latin translation. In 1583 he received his doctorate in theology in Tübingen . In 1596 he became abbot and prelate ( general superintendent ) in Adelberg . Dismissed from this position by the Duke in 1598 because of his stance against the Jews [ 1 ] , he worked briefly as a preacher in Esslingen am Neckar , but returned to Adelberg after a year.

Equally versed in theology and music, Lucas Osiander initiated the first Württemberg hymnal in 1583 and in 1586 set the core Reformation songs to music as “ cantional settings ” in order to give the congregation the opportunity to sing along to figural music . [ 2 ]

He is probably the author of the text of the hymn God, Father, Lord, we thank thee ( Evangelical Hymnal , Regional Section Württemberg No. 557).

His Bible commentaries were included in the so-called Osiander Bible , which the Stern publishing house in Lüneburg began publishing in 1650. It is a pure text Bible based on Martin Luther's translation

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