Heinrich Müller (theologian)

Heinrich Müller (18 October 1631 – 13/23 September 1675) was a German devotional author,

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writer of

hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hy ...

s, a

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minister and

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and a professor at the

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from 1647 to 1650. He famously denounced the font, the pulpit, the

confessional A confessional is a box, cabinet, booth, or stall in which the priest in some Christian churches sits to hear the confessions of penitents. It is the usual venue for the sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Churches, but si ...

, and the

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as "the four dumb idols of the Lutheran Church". He died in

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, aged 43. Heinrich Müller studied on recommending Johann Quistorp d.Ä. at the

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. Afterwards he returned to the domicile of his father Peter Müller and studied in Rostock with professors Caspar Mauritius (? 1677) and August Varenius (1620-1684). The dean of the philosophy faculty, Johann Corfinius, permitted him to give his first lectures. In 1652 he became Archidiakon at St. Marien in Rostock. He became Professor for the Greek language in 1659, for theology in 1662. He was appointed as the minister of St. Marien in 1662, where he became 1671 Superintendent. Heinrich Müller was considered as dogmatic orthodox and followed the tradition of Martin Luther against church bad states. He was a representative of the Verinnerlichung of the Christianity. His passion lectures were far common and formed the main text collected for Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244) by J.S. Bach. He worked as sacred texts writer and wrote collections of cantatas, which were published under the titles of Geistliche Seelen-Musik and Himmlische Liebesflamme. In his publication of Geistliche Erquickungsstunden (1664-1666) he used the term superhuman in the sense of a God human being for the first time in the German language. German Lutheran theologians 17th-century German Protestant theologians Academic staff of the University of Rostock 1631 births 1675 deaths German Lutheran hymnwriters German male non-fiction writers 17th-century hymnwriters Clergy from Lübeck 17th-century German writers 17th-century German male writers {{Germany-theologian-stub Early modern Christian devotional writers 17th-century Lutheran theologians