Carpentarius
Georg Wagner , pseudonym: Carpentarius († February 8, 1527 in Munich ), was originally a Roman Catholic priest and later a Reformation preacher with Anabaptist views, who was executed at the stake for his religious beliefs .
Life
Georg Wagner lived in Emmering, west of Munich, and was a member of one of the brethren congregations that were widespread at the time.
Both the Lutheran Church and the Anabaptist Movement claim him as a martyr of their respective faiths. The religious beliefs for which he was convicted and eventually executed suggest that he was at least heavily influenced by Anabaptist ideology. Most of his opponents refer to him as "Anabaptist".
Wagner denied the presence of God in the host as well as an immediate salvific effect of the water of baptism in water baptism . However, he himself did not explicitly demand the baptism of believers , as it was introduced in the fraternal communities to which he belonged.
Trial and Execution
In 1526 Wagner was arrested and taken to the ducal prison in the Falkenturm in Munich. This points to the great political importance that the Bavarian dukes attached to the case. In their struggle against the rapidly expanding ideas of the Lutheran and Anabaptist movements, a prominent follower who publicly renounced the new faith would have been useful. Wagner was promised a lifelong benefice and Duke Wilhelm and his court master are said to have visited him personally in prison to persuade him to withdraw. Despite cruel torture, he stuck to his confession, was sentenced to death at the stake and executed on February 8, 1527.
reception
The case caused a sensation mainly because of Wagner's steadfastness. His composure on the way to the place of execution and even during the execution made him a martyr of the Anabaptist movement. In the years after Wagner's death, several writings appeared about him and his martyrdom, which were also sung about in various songs. The Evangelical Church in Germany commemorates Georg Wagner with a day of remembrance in the Evangelical Name Calendar on February 8th .
literature
- Ludwig Keller: Wagner, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 499 f.
- Vitus Anton Winter : History of the Baierischen Anabaptists in the sixteenth century . Joseph Lindauer, Munich 1809, Mourning Story of Georg Wagner von Emmering, p. 42–54 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Georg Wagner in the Ecumenical Saint Lexicon , accessed on January 22, 2013
- Johann Loserth and Harold S. Bender: Wagner, Georg. In: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO). Mennonite Historical Society of Canada et al. a., 1959, accessed January 22, 2013 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Springer: Augustinian Church (hunting museum). In: CityguideEcumenical. Faith paths through Munich. August 31, 2009, accessed on January 22, 2013 : "The end of the evangelical preaching priest Georg Wagner"
- ↑ Winter: History . 1809, p. 42 .
- ↑ z. B. A new and wonderful story or hystori from Jörgen Wagner in Munich in Bavaria eyn Ketzer burned in the Jar MDxxvij . Hans Hergot, Nuremberg 1527 ( digitized [accessed on January 22, 2013]).
- ^ Basement: ADB . 1896, p. 500 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carpentarius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagner, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Priest, martyr of the Reformation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1527 |
| Place of death | Munich |