Ambrosius Spittelmayr

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Ambrosius Spittelmayr (* 1497 in Linz ; † February 6, 1528 in Cadolzburg ) was a well-known representative of the Austro-South German Anabaptist movement . There is also the name form Ambrosius Spittelmaier .

Life

Spittelmayr was born around 1497 in Linz , Upper Austria . He studied theology and acquired a remarkable knowledge of the Latin language here . During the Reformation he joined the radical Reformation Anabaptist movement. He is said to have been baptized by Hans Hut on July 25, 1527 . From August 1527 Spittelmayr worked as an Anabaptist itinerant preacher in Passau , Regensburg , Augsburg , Nuremberg and Erlangen, among others . Spittelmayr probably also took part in the Augsburg Synod of Martyrs on the part of Hans Hut in August 1527 .

But just a month later he was arrested in Erlangen for alleged incitement to rioting and transferred to nearby Cadolzburg on October 2 , where he was interrogated for several months. A good impression of his theology can be gained from the confessions he wrote in prison . Spittelmayr developed Hutsche theology into a Christian pacifism and also advocated the idea of community of goods . He did not reject the state as such, but accused state representatives of unchristian behavior. At the center of his theology, like other Anabaptists, was a strong ethic of suffering rooted in following Christ . His positions are in many respects close to those of Hans Schlaffer , Leonhard Schiemer and also Pilgram Marpeck and Leupold Scharnschlager . After severe torture , Spittelmayr was beheaded on February 6, 1528 .

Christening succession

The line of baptismal succession goes back to Spittelmayr through Hans Hut (Whitsun 1526), Hans Denck (spring 1526), Balthasar Hubmaier (Easter 1525), Wilhelm Reublin (January 1525), Jörg Blaurock (January 1525) to Konrad Grebel (January 1525) . The dates in brackets indicate the respective baptism date. Evidence of this can be found in the biography articles of the persons mentioned.

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SURNAME Spittelmayr, Ambrosius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spittelmaier, Ambrosius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Representative of the Austrian-South German Anabaptist movement
DATE OF BIRTH 1497
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1528
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