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Of these we find two Bishops of Scottish extraction in
Swedish ecclesiastical history, Jacobus Pfeif and Gustaf
Murray. The former was a grandson of George Pfeif,
who in the time of Cromwell emigrated from Scotland to
Germany and settled in the small town of Gollnow in
Pomerania. His son Dr Johannes Pfeif commenced as an
advocate, and soon rose to distinction as a member of the
lower Court of Appeal1 in Stettin. There his son Johannes
Jacobus was born in 1613. After having studied at
Wittenberg (1635), Leipzig (1636), and Königsberg
(1638), he came to Sweden as second pastor at the German
Church in Stockholm. His name occurs both in the
Acts of the Town Magistrates, where he is mentioned as
buying a “ stone ” house at the back of the Castle, and in
the lists of contributors towards the Poor Fund.2 In
Stockholm he remained until he was called to Reval as
Bishop in 1665. Here he died on the 13th of February,
1676.
Fortunately we are in a position to fill up these meagre
outlines of his life. Among the biographical documents
in the Riks-Arkivet in Stockholm, a letter of the Bishop
has been preserved, which, being characteristic of the
writer as well as of the period, we gladly insert here. It
is undated, but from its contents we gather that it was
written in 1672.
“ Wishing your Majesty,” it runs, “ health and a long
life from God the Almighty, prosperity and success in all
the matters of government, and all that one may most
earnestly desire for Y. M.’s welfare, I humbly thank Your
M. for having graciously entrusted me with the episcopal
functions in the diocese of Estland, and for having
graciously received and fulfilled all 1 desideria ’ arising from
this office, such as presenting the Cathedral at Reval with
1 Vitae Pomer. 2 Sec Part I.
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