(originally Jodocus [or Jodokus] Koch; Jodocus became Justus and he adopted his father's given name as family name; 14931555). B. Nordhausen, Ger.; educ. Erfurt and Wittenberg; prof. and canon at Erfurt 1518, rector of U. of Erfurt 1519; provost Castle Ch. and prof. canon law U. of Wittenberg 1521; colaborer of M. Luther*; supt. Halle 154147, Eisfeld 155355. Hymnist; wrote Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält; stanzas 4 and 5 of Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort. See also Lutheran Confessions, B 1.
M. E. Lehmann, Justus Jonas: Loyal Reformer (Minneapolis, 1964); T. Pressel, Justus Jonas, in Leben und Ausgewählte Schriften der Väter und Begründer der lutherischen Kirche, ed. J. Hartmann et al., VIII, in vol. 4 (Elberfeld, 1862).
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