Johannes Musaeus (7 February 1613 – 4 May 1681) was a German Protestant theologian.
Education After visiting the Latin school in Arnstadt he studied at the University of Erfurt starting from 1633 in the Arts Faculty and in Jena with Damiel Stahl. In 1634 he received the Magister Artium, studying theology under Georg Grosshain, producing a thesis entitled: Disputatio Apologetica In qua Germanica B. Lutheri versio adversus Georgium Holzaium Jesuitam Ingolstad. defenditur In causa De Cultu Divino Enoschi. In 1643 he became professor of history and poetry. He obtained a doctorate to 1646 in theology and changed to the Theological Faculty.
Career He fought against the catholic controversial theologians V. Erbermann, J. Kedde, and Jacobus Masenius, and positioned himself against Socinianism. He was founder of the Jenenser Richtung followed by orthodox Lutherans.
Family His daughter Anna Catharina Musäus married his student Johann Wilhelm Baier. Through this marriage, Musäus was the grandfather of physician Johann Jacob Baier, and theologians Johann David Baier and Johann Wilhelm Baier Junior.
Books by Musaeus Disquisitio philologica de stylo Novi Testamenti, 1641, Jena De usu principiorum rationis et philosophiae in controversiis theologicis libri III, 1644, Jena Disputatio de aeterno dei decreto an absolutum sit, 1646, Jena Verteidigung des unbeweglichen Grundes, dessen der Augsburgischen Confession verwandte Lehrer zum Beweis ihrer Kirchen sich gebrauchen, 1654, Jena Tractatus theologicus de conversione hominis peccatoris ad Deum, 1661, Jena Biblia Lutheri auspiciis Ernesti Ducis. .. glossis ac interpretationibus illustrata, a Viti Erbermanni iterata maledicentia vindicata, 1663, Jena
See also Syncretistic controversy Georg Calixt Abraham Calov
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References Carl Stange: Zur Theologie des Musäus, 1897 Otto Ritschl: Dogmengeschichte des Protestantismus IV, 1927 Hans Leube: Kalvinismus und Luthertum I, 1928, 347 ff.
External links Musaeus' math genealogy