Johann Valentin Andreae
1586 – 1654 German Lutheran theologian, writer
Lutheran theologian and reputed author of the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.
- Religion
- Lutheran Christianity. He described the Chymical Wedding as a youthful fiction or ludibrium rather than a literal creed.
- Affiliations
- Lutheran pastor and church official. Reputed author of the third Rosicrucian manifesto.
Johann Valentin Andreae was a Lutheran theologian widely regarded as the author of the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, the third Rosicrucian manifesto. In later life he called the work a youthful game or ludibrium and distanced himself from the Rosicrucian excitement it helped spark. Whether he wrote the other two manifestos remains debated among scholars.
Connections
- associate of Christian Rosenkreuz — Andreae is the reputed author of the Chymical Wedding that tells his story.
- associate of Christian Rosenkreuz — Wrote the manifesto that dramatizes the legendary founder.
In the timeline
- 1616 The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz published mentioned
- 1616 Publication of the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz mentioned