Jacob Peter Mynster (8 November 1775 – 30 January 1854) was a Danish theologian and clergy member of the Church of Denmark.

[1] Mynster was notably used as an exemplar of conservative religion by Søren Kierkegaard in his book Attack Upon Christendom.

His father, Christian Gudzon Peter Mynster, was a Chamber Councillor (kammerråd) and inspector at Frederiks Hospital.

His father died in 1777 of tuberculosis, and his mother was remarried to Frederik Ludvig Bang, a doctor who was superintendent of the same hospital as her first husband.

When not being privately taught at his home, Mynster briefly attended the Metropolitanskolen where he was tutored by an uncle.

His writings and the publications of his sermons from this period gained him attention, and he received a position back in Copenhagen as a chaplain at the Church of Our Lady.

[5] In 1826, Mynster was appointed the court chaplain at Christiansborg Palace where he served as confessor to King Frederick VI.

While serving as a chaplain at Our Lady Church, Mynster was introduced to the Kierkegaard family, who were members of the congregation.

[9][10] Søren's brother, Peter Kierkegaard, was briefly a pastor under Mynster's authority as the bishop of Zealand.

She was the daughter of former bishop Friederich Christian Carl Hinrich Münter and Maria Elisabeth Krohn.

He was an author and historian, and compiled many works about the lives of his notable relatives, especially his father, including: The eldest daughter, Marie Elizabeth, was born on 25 October 1822.

In 1842 she married a noted pastor and close associate of her father's, Just Henrik Voltelen Paulli, with whom she had three sons.