Timotheus Kirchner (6 January 1533 in Döllstädt – 14 September 1587 in Weimar) was a Lutheran theologian, pastor, Protestant reformer, professor of theology and superintendent in Weimar. Life Kirchner was the son of a teacher. He attended school in Gotha, studied in Jena and Erfurt, and was the village priest at a young age. References Kolb, Robert Bound Choice, Election, and Wittenberg Theological Method Eerdmans Publishing, 2005 pg. 125ff 1533 births 1587 deaths 16th-century German Protestant theologians 16th-century German Lutheran clergy German Lutheran theologians German male non-fiction writers People from Gotha (district) 16th-century German male writers