Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" is a Lutheran hymn written by the pietist German poet and schoolmaster Samuel Rodigast in 1675. The melody has been attributed to the cantor Severus Gastorius. An earlier hymn with the same title was written in the first half of the seventeenth century by the theologian Michael Altenburg.
Text and melody of Samuel Rodigast's hymn Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan in the Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch of 1690
Account of the hymn's creation, in the 1695 Nordhausen Gesangbuch, reprinted from the 1687 edition
Philipp Jakob Spener, founder of the pietist movement
1650 engraving of Jena viewed from NW: Raths-Schule near Stadtkirche St Michael in centre; university complex by town wall on right.
Gotteslob is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium. First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaking Catholics, succeeding the first common German hymnal, the 1975 edition of the same name. Each diocese published a book containing a common section and a regional section. The first editions amounted to around 4 million copies.
Gotteslob, 2013