being also the leader in all the theological controversies in which the Bremen church became involved. Pezel did away with Luther's Catechism, substituting for it his own Bremen catechism, which remained in force until the eighteenth century, removed images and pictures from the churches, formed a ministerium which united the clergy, and, by his Consensus ministerii Bremensis ecclesiæ of 1595, prepared the way for the complete acceptance of Calvinistic doctrine. Pezel died in Bremen, aged 64. Works Pezel was the editor Of many theological writings, of which the most important were the Loci theologici of his teacher, Victorinus Strigel (4 parts, Neustadt, 1581–84); Philip Melanchthon's Consilia (1600); and Caspar Peucer's Historia carcerum et liberationis divinae (Zurich, 1605); while among his independent works special mention may be made of the following: Argumenta et objectiones de praecipuis articulis doctrinae Christianae (Neustadt, 1580–89); Libellus precationum (1585); and Mellificium historicum, complectens historiam trium monarchiarum, Chaldaicae, Persicae, Graecae (1592). He is particularly interesting as showing the evolution from Melanchthon's attitude toward predestination to the complete determinism of the Calvinistic concept of the dogma. References This article incorporates the article on Christoph Pezel by G. Kawerau from the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, a publication now in the public domain. Helmar Junghans, Verzeichnis der Rektoren, Prorektoren, Dekane, Professoren und Schloßkirchenprediger der Leucorea vom Sommersemester 1536 bis zum Wintersemester 1574/75. In Irene Dingel and Günther Wartenberg, Georg Major (1502-1574) - Ein Theologe der Wittenberger Reformation. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2005, Heinz Kathe, Die Wittenberger Philosophische Fakultät 1501–1817. Böhlau, Köln 2002 Walter Friedensburg, Geschichte der Universität Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917 External links Ulrike Ludwig, Christoph Pezel. In Sächsische Biographie. 2005 1539 births 1604 deaths People from Plauen German Calvinist and Reformed theologians 16th-century Latin-language writers German Protestant Reformers University of Wittenberg alumni Academic staff of the University of Wittenberg Philippists 16th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 16th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 16th-century German male writers