, was also a native of Ulm, and born in 1563. He studied at Strasbourg,
, was also a native of Ulm, and
born in 1563. He studied at Strasbourg, and early applied himself with great diligence to theology; he was afterwards at Leipsic, Heidelberg, Jena, and Wirtemburg,
and in the latter place was appointed one of the public
professors of theology. He married a lady of illustrious
birth in 1599; and died of a fever in 1616, being then,
for the fourth time rector of the university. The opinion
held of his principles may be judged by five anagrams of
his names Leonardus Hutterus, four of them implying that
he was another Luther. They are formed, says the author
who gives them, “per literarum haud vanam transposijtionem;
” thus, “Redonatus Lutherus;
” “Leonhartus
Hutterus;
” “Ah tu noster Lutherus-,
” “Notus arte Lutherus;
” “Tantus ero Lutherus.
” His works are very
numerous; a great part of them controversial, directed
against the church of Rome. Besides these, 1. “Compendium Theologiae, cum Notis D. Gotofredi Cundisii.
”
2. “Explicatio Libri Concordiae Christiante,
” 8vo. 3. “Loci
Communes Theologici,
” folio. 4. “formulae concionandi,
”
8vo. 5. “Disputationes de verbo Dei scripto, ac traditionihus non scriptis,
” in 4to, 6. “Collegium Theologicum, sive
XI disputationes de articulis confessionis Augustanse,
” 8vo.
7. “Libri Christianae Concordisc,
” 8vo; and several pieces in
defence of the Formula: Concordiae, which in his time were
highly esteemed; besides many other tracts in Latin, and in
German, all of which are enumerated by Freher, but seem
too uninteresting at the present day to be transcribed.