Locate a...

Church, Church Worker, or School by filling out the fields to the right.

Helpful Resources
  • Church

    advanced search
    miles
  • School

    advanced search
    miles
  • Worker

    advanced search
Christian Cyclopedia

Edited by: Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson
©Concordia Publishing House, 2000, All rights Reserved. Reproduced with Permission


L-a L-b L-c L-d L-e L-f L-g
L-h L-i L-j L-k L-l L-m
L-n L-o L-p L-q L-r L-s L-t
L-u L-v L-w L-x L-y L-z

Leyser, Polykarp

(Leiser; Lyser; Polycarp[us]; 1552–1610). The Elder; father of P. Leyser* the Younger and of W. Leyser*; Luth. theol.; b. Winnenden, Württemberg, Ger.; pastor Göllersdorf (Gellersdorf), NE Lower Austria, 1573; prof. and gen. supt. Wittenberg 1577–87; helped restore sound Lutheranism in Wittenberg after 1st stage of Crypto-Calvinistic* Controversy; coadjutor and supt. Brunswick 1587–93; court preacher Dresden 1594. Ed. M. Chemnitz,* Loci theologici. See also Cölestin, Johann Friedrich; Harmony of the Gospels, 1.

Show Section (L-e) ▼

Internet Version Produced by
The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod


Original Editions ©Copyright 1954, 1975, 2000
Concordia Publishing House
All rights reserved.

Content Reproduced with Permission

Search

Connect