Ad Gloriam Dei Humanism and Theology in David Chytraeus’ Regulae Studiorum
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Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Concordia Seminary Scholarship 5-1-2017 Ad Gloriam Dei Humanism and Theology in David Chytraeus’ Regulae Studiorum Timios Cook Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.csl.edu/phd Part of the History of Christianity Commons Recommended Citation Cook, Timios, "Ad Gloriam Dei Humanism and Theology in David Chytraeus’ Regulae Studiorum" (2017). Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation. 38. https://scholar.csl.edu/phd/38 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Concordia Seminary Scholarship at Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AD GLORIAM DEI HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN DAVID CHYTRAEUS’ REGULAE STUDIORUM A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Department of Historical Theology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Timios E. Cook May 2017 Approved by Robert Rosin Advisor Robert Kolb Reader Timothy Dost Reader © 2017 by Timios Edward Cook. All rights reserved. ii For Elizabeth iii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... x ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. xi CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1 THE PROBLEM OF THE DISSERTATION AND METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED ...... 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 Rationale, Significance, or Need for the Study ........................................................... 2 Purpose of the Dissertation .......................................................................................... 5 Hypothesis of the Dissertation ..................................................................................... 6 Elements of the Problem and Research Questions to be investigated ......................... 6 Limitations of the Study .............................................................................................. 8 Research Procedures .................................................................................................... 9 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE .................................................................................... 11 Biographical Studies .................................................................................................. 11 Regulae Studiorum in the Secondary Literature ........................................................ 18 The Regulae Studiorum in Chytraeus’ Collected Correspondence ........................... 25 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................... 28 THE CONFLUENCE OF HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY ........................................... 28 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 28 The Rise of the Liberal Arts in the Universities ........................................................ 29 Institutionalizing a New Method ............................................................................... 33 Humanism and Confessionalization .......................................................................... 37 iv PART II: LUTHER AND MELANCHTHON AT WITTENBERG .................................. 39 Martin Luther ............................................................................................................. 40 Philip Melanchthon .................................................................................................... 44 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 51 CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 52 DAVID CHYTRAEUS....................................................................................................... 52 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 52 Education ................................................................................................................... 52 Luther and Melanchthon ............................................................................................ 55 EARLY YEARS AT ROSTOCK ....................................................................................... 57 The Regulae Studiorum ............................................................................................. 60 Chytraeus’ Character ................................................................................................. 63 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 66 CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................................................................ 68 DE RATIONE DISCENDI, ET ORDINE STUDIORUM RECTE INTITUENDO .......... 68 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 68 Summary .................................................................................................................... 68 Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 70 Regulae Utiles .................................................................................................. 71 De Fine Studiorum ........................................................................................... 73 Alter Stvdiorvm Finis ....................................................................................... 80 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 82 CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 84 v DE MEDIIS, QUAE AD OPTATAM STUDIORUM METAM, AC ERUDITIONEM VERAM DISCENTES RECTA PERDUCUNT ................................................................ 84 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 84 CHYTRAEUS’ AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ...................................................................... 84 Theology and Humanism ........................................................................................... 86 The Eight Rules ......................................................................................................... 90 Ordo .................................................................................................................. 90 Methodi et summae artium ............................................................................... 93 Auscultatio ........................................................................................................ 95 Lectio Autorum ................................................................................................ 98 Memoria ......................................................................................................... 103 Stilus ............................................................................................................... 105 Pronunciatio .................................................................................................... 114 Examina et Disputationes ............................................................................... 115 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 117 INTRODUCTION TO PART III ...................................................................................... 119 DE RATIONE INSTITUENDI STUDIA IN SINGULIS ARTIBUS, & DE SINGULARUM ARTIUM SCRIPTORIBUS PRAECIPUIS .......................................... 119 CHYTRAEUS’ INTRODUCTION TO DE RATIONE INSTITUENDI ........................... 120 CHAPTER SIX .......................................................................................................................... 124 CATEGORY FOUR: LANGUAGE ARTS ..................................................................... 124 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 124 DE STUDIO GRAMMATICES RECTE INSTITUENDO.............................................. 124 Analysis ................................................................................................................... 125 vi DE STUDIO DIALECTICES RECTE SUSCIPIENDO .................................................. 128 Analysis ................................................................................................................... 130 DE PRAECEPTIS RHETORICAE .................................................................................