Ich hab' oft bei mir selbst gedacht

Ich hab' oft bei mir selbst gedacht

Author: Paul Gerhardt
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ich hab' oft bei mir selbst gedacht
Author: Paul Gerhardt
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Davidisches Psalter-Spiel der Kinder Zions #d407

Gesangbuch in welchem ein Sammlung geistreicher Lieder befindlich #d278

Gesangbuch #ad278

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Paulus Gerhardt's Geistliche Lieder #51

Zionitischer Weyrauchs Huegel; oder, Weyrrhen Berg #d221

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