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[English Version] Schalling,  Martin (21.4.1532 Straßburg – 29.12.1608 Nürnberg), ev. Theologe, studierte in Wittenberg bei Melanchthon, amtierte seit 1554 als Diakonus in Regensburg, als Pfarrer in Amberg und Vilseck, 1576 in Amberg als Hofprediger und Generalsuperintendent der Oberpfalz. Sch. wurde wegen reformatorischer Auseinandersetzungen aus seinen Gemeinden vertrieben, gefangengesetzt und des Amtes enthoben. Von 1585 bis 1605 war er Pfarrer in Nürnberg, wo er erblindet starb. Sch. ist Autor des Liedes EG 397. Harald Pfeiffer Bibliography G.A. Krieg (HdbEG 2, …

[German Version] (Apr 21, 1532, Straßburg [Strasbourg] – Dec 29, 1608, Nuremberg), Protestant theologian. Schalling studied in Wittenberg with Melanchthon. He was appointed deacon in Regensburg in 1554 and pastor in Amberg and Vilseck; in 1576 he was appointed court chaplain in Amberg and general superintendent of the Upper Palatinate. Because of disputes over Reformation issues, he was expelled from his congregations, imprisoned, and suspended from office. From 1585 to 1605, he served as a pastor in Nuremberg, where he died after going blind. He is the author of Evangelisches Gesan…

[German Version] (Apr 4, 1515, Schneeberg, Saxony – Nov 27, 1585, Königsberg), professor of ethics and rhetoric in Leipzig from 1542 and professor of jurisprudence in Königsberg from 1563. Lobwasser was a prolific writer of poetry. His main achievement was the translation of the Geneva or Huguenot Psalter (Huguenots: II), which he “pressed into German in like verses” in 1565 “out of love for the melodious language” (dedication to Duke Albert of Prussia). These psalms, which were sung by the French…