Poliander, Johann (1487-1541)
Johann Poliander (Gramann, Graumann) (1487-1541), a Lutheran clergyman, was a pastor at Königsberg, the reformer of East Prussia, Germany, attacked Schwenckfeld and the Anabaptists at the colloquium at Rastenburg in 1531 and again in 1535 (HRE, 525). His hymn, "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren," was included in the hymnal of the Mennonites of the Palatinate and Hesse.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 382.
Herzog, J. J. and Albert Hauck, Realencyclopedie für Protestantische Theologie and Kirche. 24 v., 3. ed. Leipzig: J. H. Hinrichs, 1896-1913: 525.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 200. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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