Johannes Gigas (22 February 1514 – 12 July 1581) was a German Protestant

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

, hymn writer, educator and Reformer. Gigas was born in

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, and died in Schweidnitz (now

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, Poland). The

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of ''Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost'', BWV 114, a

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Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, was based on " Ach lieben Christen seid getrost", a hymn text by Gigas.

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* [https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Gigas.htm "Johannes Gigas (Hymn-Writer)"">''Die Baccalaurei und Magistri der Wittenberger philosophischen Facultät 1503–1517 und die öffentlichen Disputationen derselben Jahre''. Halle: Niemeyer, 1887, p. 12 -->

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1581 deaths 16th-century German Protestant theologians German Protestant Reformers People from Nordhausen, Thuringia German male non-fiction writers 16th-century German male writers {{Germany-theologian-stub