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Konrad Hubert
, also
Konrad Huber
,
Konrad Huober
, or
Konrad Humbert
(1507 ? 13 April 1577), was a German
Reformed
theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of
Martin Bucer
at
St. Thomas, Strasbourg
.
Life
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Hubert was born in
Bergzabern
.
[1]
[2]
He attended a school in
Heidelberg
from 1519.
[1]
From 1526, he studied in
Basel
. He stayed with
Johannes Oecolampadius
who influenced him. He had the chance to meet numerous people with whom he corresponded later,
[1]
including
Johannes Oporinus
,
Thomas Plater
and Johann Gast.
[3]
After the battle at
Kappel am Albis
, Oecolampadius recommended him to his friend
Martin Bucer
who accepted him as his assistant (diaconus) in Strasbourg at St. Thomas. When Bucer was on his frequent travels, Hubert stepped in for him.
[1]
Hubert worked for Bucer dutifully for 18 years. It was part of his job to make Bucer's ideas and concepts readable, because Bucer's handwriting was difficult to read.
[1]
When Bucer left his post in 1549 and fled to England,
Johann Marbach
introduced
Lutheranism
. Hubert did not agree, he was expelled from the "Kirchenkonvent" in 1562 and was dismissed from St. Thomas in 1563. After that he worked as a free-lance preacher.
[1]
[2]
After Bucer's death in 1551, Hubert planned to publish Bucer's works which were extant in prints and manuscripts. He faced opposition and withdrew from church life more and more.
[1]
In 1556 he seemed close to publishing the works with the help of
Johannes Sturm
at Oporinus in Basel. However, only the first volume was published, titled "Martini Buceri scripta Anglicana fere omnia" in 1577.
[3]
Hubert edited the Strasbourg
hymnals
of 1560 and 1572.
[4]
He died in
Strasbourg
.
[2]
Hymns
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He is remembered for his hymns. He wrote the hymn "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", published in 1540, used by
Johann Sebastian Bach
as the base for his
chorale cantata
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
, BWV 33
in 1724.
[5]
Hubert's hymn "O Gott, du hochster Gnadenhort" is part of the hymnal of the
Evangelical Church in Germany
(
EG
194).
References
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Robert Stupperich
[in German]
(1972),
"Hubert, Konrad"
,
Neue Deutsche Biographie
(in German), vol. 9, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 702?703
; (
full text online
)
- ^
a
b
c
"Konrad Hubert (Huber) (Hymn-Writer)"
.
Bach Cantatas
. 2006
. Retrieved
31 August
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Carl Bertheau the Younger
[in German]
(1881), "
Hubert, Konrad
",
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
(in German), vol. 13, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 261?263
- ^
"Konrad Hubert"
.
Heiligenexikon
(in German)
. Retrieved
31 August
2012
.
- ^
"Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ / Text and Translation of Chorale"
.
Bach Cantatas
. 2009
. Retrieved
28 August
2012
.
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