By Douglas Shantz
This learn examines the existence and international of Conrad Broske (1660-1713), courtroom Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His declare to status lies in a 10 yr interval among 1694 and 1704 during which this Marburg-trained pastor turned a prolific writer, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, due to a gathering with Thomas Beverley in 1693 and the baptism of a Muslim convert in 1694. Broske lived a posh life 'between Sardis and Philadelphia', as a Reformed courtroom preacher and Philadelphian chiliast. His two-sided adventure was once really the norm one of the Pietists, together with so-called radicals. lifestyles among paradigms used to be the German approach of being radical in early sleek occasions because of an absence of spiritual toleration in comparison to England and the Netherlands. Broske's tale belongs to the increase of 'Early Evangelicalism' that W.R. Ward has lately mentioned.
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39 The Marburg Statutes divided the teaching of theology among four Ordinarius Professors, and stipulated a daily teaching schedule. 40 For some years only the first and third of these positions were filled. By Bröske’s time there was a full complement of professors. The Professor Primarius was Sebastian Curtius (1620–1684) who served as Primarius from 1661 to 1684. The Professor Secundus was Johannes Hein (1610–1686) who filled this role from 1661 to 1684. The third Ordinarius was Henrich Duysing (1628–1691) who served in this position from 1674 to 1685; he was later promoted to Primarius.
If students were ill, arrangements were made for them to take meals in their rooms. Not surprisingly, students often pled illness in order to escape the common table. One of Bröske’s contemporaries, Johann Christian Crocius, petitioned his sponsor in 1682 to send him money directly so he could eat better food and improve his health. 83 The Stipendiaten Rechnungen, or quarterly and annual financial records, provide some idea of daily life in the Stipendiatenanstalt. The Rechnungen are the account books of the Oekonomos, recording money paid out for wood, lighting, and food as well as receipts signed by students.
4 Werner’s father Henrich was Burgermeister (mayor) in Mengeringhausen. 5 He ministered in Balhorn for fortynine years. Family roots in the Balhorn region were deepened in May 1571 when Werner was granted twelve “Morgen” of land (about ten acres) by Buchhold repeated P. Heber’s mistaken view that Bröske was born in “Wolfshagen,” despite Sommerlad’s correction. See Buchhold, Zur Geschichte der Offenbacher Lateinschule (Offenbach a. : Heinrich Cramer, 1912), p. 5 n. 1; P. Heber, Geschichte der Stadt Offenbach (Frankfurt a.
