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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE REFORMATION faculty (Table 13). The three professors of theology, all representatives of the new evangelical movement, were, with Melanchthon, effectively recognised as the overseers of university affairs. Table 13 Overview of regular professorships by faculty (1525) Faculty No. of chairs Salary range University professorships 2 200 gl. Theology (excl. Luther) 2 60-[n.d.] gl. Law (Roman) 5 30-160 gl. Medicine 2 70-80 gl. Arts (excl. Melanchthon) c.8 30-60 gl. Total 19 SECURING THE NEW STRUCTURES (1533-1536) With the changes outlined above, the reorganisation of Wittenberg University along Reformation lines was essentially complete. After 1527, student enrolment began again to increase, and the Leucorea was to maintain its position as the most popular place of higher education ofthe Empire for decades. What was needed was some fine-tuning and cementing, which was ultimately achieved under John Frederick the Magnanimous (1503, 1532-1547, 1554), who succeeded his father in the Electorate in 1532. First, Melanchthon drew up new statutes for the theological faculty in 1533." He stipulated four professorships, but specified only three of them: one each in Old Testament, New Testament, and the church Fathers, especially Augustine. All theology was to be Biblically grounded; even doctrinal theology was to take the form of exegesis. Ouarterly disputations were also to be held in this school. More important, Melanchthon devised a set of rules for the attainment of higher degrees. Ihere had been no doctoral graduation at Wittenberg for almost a decade. Ihe need to ensure a continuing supply of properly gualified scholars was now recognised and provided for. In the early summer, the first doctoral examinations since 1525 had taken place in the presence of John Frederick." One of the new ThDs, Caspar Cruciger (1504-1548), then became a professor of theology.” © UBW 1:154-158 (No. 171). 7” UBW 1:158 (No. 174). Further on Cruciger, see WENGERT, Timothy J., Caspar Cruciger (1504-1548): The Case ofthe Disappearing Reformer, Sixteenth Century Journal 20 (1989) 417-441. + 31 +
