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[English Version] , Johannes (24.6.1586 Basel – 24.11.1629 ebd.), ref. Theologe in Basel, studierte Theol. bei A. Polanus von Polansdorf, wirkte seit 1607 als Diakon, folgte 1618 J.J. Grynaeus als Hauptpfarrer (Antistes) am Münster und wurde zugleich Prof. für AT. Sein »Christianae theologiae compendium«, das die Lehre der ref. Orthodoxie (: II.,2., b) bündig zusammenfaßt, zeigt weniger den originellen Denker als vielmehr den geschickten Vermittler. Martin Sallmann Bibliography Vf. u.a.: Christianae theologiae compendium, hg. von E. Bizer, 1935 Über W.: M. Freudenberg…

[English Version] 1.  Peter , (20.5.1627 Liestal – 23.5.1703 Basel), ref. Theologe, nach Studium und Ordination war W. Hofprediger des Grafen Friedrich Kasimir von Ortenburg bei Passau, Diakon in Basel, Pfarrer zu Wolfisheim bei Straßburg, Hauptdiakon (Archidiakon) in Basel, Pfarrer zu St. Leonhard und schließlich seit 1675 Hauptpfarrer (Antistes) am Münster. An der Universität hatte er nacheinander die Lehrstühle für Dogmatik, AT und NT inne. Seinen Vorgänger L. Gernler hatte W. bei der Einführung …

[German Version] (Mar 10, 1620, Zürich – Jun 5, 1667, near Zürich). After attending school in Zürich, Hottinger moved to Holland in 1638, where he attended university in Groningen and Leiden. After returning to Zürich by way of England and France, he taught church history, catechesis, rhetoric, and oriental languages at the Schola Carolina (1642/43), later also Old Testament and controversial theology (1653), becoming rector in 1663. In 1655–61 he participated in the renovation of the department o…

[German Version] (Nov 7, 1547, Alt[d]orf, modern Fehraltorf, canton Zürich – Mar 11, 1626, Zürich). After studies at Marburg and Heidelberg (1565–1568), Hospinian was admitted to the ministerium of Zürich and became pastor of the rural congregations of Weiach, Hirzel, and Schwamendingen (1568–1588). He also taught at the Schola Tigurina (Zürich) and became its rector in 1576. In 1588, he was appointed archdeacon of the Grossmünster in Zürich. In 1594, he became pastor of the Fraumünster, but a…

[German Version] 1. Peter (May 20, 1627, Liestal – May 23, 1703, Basel), Reformed theologian. After university studies and ordination, Werenfels became court chaplain to Count Friedrich Kasimir of Ortenburg near Passau, deacon in Basel, pastor in Wolfisheim near Strasbourg, archdeacon in Basel, pastor of the church of St. Leonard in Basel, and finally in 1675 chief pastor (antistes) of the Minster. At the university, he held the chairs of dogmatics, Old Testament, and New Testament successively. He had supported his predecessor L. Gernler when the Formula consensus Helvetica was introduced in 1675, but by 1686 had relaxed imposition of this last confessional statement of Reformed orthodoxy, although it remained in force for the time being in Bern and Zürich. During the plague of 1667/1668, he ministered courageously to the sick; when the Edict of Nantes was revoked, he vigorously championed the cause of refugees from France (III, 1). Martin Sallmann Bibliography A. v. Salis, BVG 15, 1901, 1–120 E. Wenneker, BBKL XIII, 1998, 773–781. 2. Samuel (Mar 1, 1657, Basel – Jun 1, 1740, Basel), Reformed theologian, son of Peter. He studied in Basel, Zürich, Bern, Lausanne, and Geneva and traveled to Germany, Belgium, Holland, and later to Paris. After 1685 he served successively as professor of Greek, rhetoric, dogmatics, Old Testament and New Testament in Basel. He was made a member of the London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1707) and the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1709). H…

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[German Version] (1540, Châteaudun – Sep 1615, Geneva [plague]), Reformed theologian. Little is known of his youth and education. La Faye arrived in Geneva in 1561 and became a citizen in 1568. Enjoying the patronage of T. Beza, La Faye's career is characterized by a steady but controversial advancement: lecturer at the Collège,…

[German Version] I. City and Diocese – II. University I. City and Diocese The beginnings of the city and diocese are unclear. The name “Basilia” for the settlement at the bend of the Rhine is first mentioned around 374. The earliest evidence of Christian presence comes from the fort of Kaiseraugst, which lies not far from Basel. Only in the Carolingian period, from 740, is Basel attested as the per…