Angelus Merula
Angelus Merula, also Angel Willemsz. de Merle, Engel van Merlen (* 1482 in Brielle ; † July 26, 1557 in Bergen op Zoom ) was a Protestant martyr and reformer.
Life
Merula studied at the Sorbonne from 1504 , where she obtained the degree of Magister and Licentiate in Theology on March 24, 1508 . He was ordained a priest in Utrecht Cathedral in 1511, became a pastor in his hometown and from 1530 in Heenvliet . During these years he was busy studying the Greek New Testament and the Church Fathers.
He wanted to reform the Church without commotion. From the position of Erasmus of Rotterdam he came more and more to evangelical conviction and represented the principle of the general priesthood in far-reaching correspondence. He did not want to part with the Roman Church. Although he was a quiet scholar, he came under suspicion of heresy. In 1553 the Inquisition took action against him. He was sentenced to death at the stake, but before he mounted it, he died.
The Dutch legal scholar, librarian and historian Paulus Merula (1558-1607), who in 1604 published the story of Angelus Merula with his theses and comments, was his great-nephew.
Remembrance day
July 27 in the Evangelical Name Calendar .
swell
- Paulus Merula: Fidelis et succincta rerum adversus Angelum Merulam tragice ante XLVII. Annos, quadriennium et quod excurrit, ab inquisitoribus gestarum commemoratio , auctore Paullo GFPN Merula, Leiden: Louis Elsevier 1604
- Paulus Merula: Kort ende getrou verhael van alle 't gene den tijdt van vier jaeren ende meer, bitterlick deur de ketter-meesters traded is tegen Angelum Merulam , inzijn leven pastoor van de Edele Heere van Cruninghen, Heenvliet, Haserswoude etc., Leiden: Jan Claesz. van Dorp 1604
literature
- Jacob Cornelis van Slee : Merula, Angelus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 474-476.
- Real Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church , Volume 12, page 649
- Religion Past and Present (RGG) Edition 3, Volume 4, Page 881
- Alexander Krolzik: Merula, Angelus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 1341-1343.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merula, Angelus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merle, angel Willem de; Merlen, angel van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | evangelical martyr and reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1482 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brielle , |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1557 |
| Place of death | Bergen op Zoom |