Lutheran theologian and protegee of Martin Luther.
Johann Stoltz was born in Wittenberg, Germany ca. 1514. Stoltz became acquainted with Martin Luther and the Lutheran movement while a student at Wittenberg University. Following completion of his studies in 1539 he served as Deacon of Jessen and as tutor to August (later elector of Saxony). In 1544 Stoltz served as a professor at Wittenberg. After Martin Luther's death in 1546 he joined with other "faithful Lutherans" to oppose the Interim. In 1547 he wrote the Weimar response against the Interim while serving as court preacher. Stoltz was deeply involved in the Synergistic Controversy that arose following the Leipzig Interim in 1548. In 1556 he wrote the "faithful Lutherans'" response to Johann Pfeffinger's Melanchthonian theses on Free Will. Stoltz assisted in the compiling of the Jena Edition of the Works of Martin Luther. Johann Stoltz died in 1556.
From the description of Disticha de uita et praecipuis rebus gestis uiri Dei et..., ca. 1550-1556. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145405918
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