Introduction

Biography

Johann was the son of Da­ni­el Ruopp and Ka­tha­ri­na Rein­thal­er.

He stu­died theo­lo­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Je­na, where he turned to Pie­tism.

After gra­du­ation, he be­came a vi­car in Lam­pert­heim, and lat­er a pas­tor in Gox­wil­ler. There he sec­ret­ly pub­lished Je­sus­lied­er. In 1705, he was ac­cused of sec­ta­ri­an­ism be­cause of his pie­tis­tic at­ti­tude and was ex­pelled from Gox­wil­ler.

Finally, he worked at Au­gust Francke’s or­phan­age in Hal­le as an in­spect­or for poor stu­dents and ad­junct of the theo­lo­gic­al fa­cul­ty.