Eucarius Binder

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Eucarius Binder , also known as Eucharius Binder , Carius Binder or Eucharius Kellermann (* 2nd half of the 15th century in Coburg ?; † October 27, 1527 in Salzburg ), was an evangelist and martyr of the Anabaptist movement .

Life

Jan Luyken : Burning Salzburg Anabaptists in 1528

Eukarius Binder came from Coburg . So far there is no further information about his origin and youth. All that is known is that he earned his living as a carpenter and was married to Ursula Nespitzer . Ursula Nespitzer was the sister-in-law of the Augsburg Anabaptist leader Georg Nespitzer and the Anabaptist Thoma Paur .

Binder made contact with the Thuringian Anabaptist movement and was baptized by the well-known Anabaptist leader Hans Hut together with his wife in 1526 in a village near Coburg . He is considered one of the first supporters of Hans Hut. After his baptism, he accompanied Hans Hut on his missionary trips and came with him to Königsberg in Franconia, among other places . There lived Wolf Schreiner , a brother-binder. In a later testimony made under torture , he reported that the Eucharius had come with three other men, including Johannes von Bibra [meaning Hans Hut ], and baptized him after a sermon, and that soon afterwards all the other people present from Königsberg and the surrounding area followed his example followed .

From Königsberg, Binder turned to Nuremberg and a short time later to Augsburg . Here he was a witness of Eitelhan Langenmantel's baptism in February 1527 . From August 20 to 24, 1527, the so-called Synod of Martyrs took place in Augsburg , in which Eukarius Binder also took part as a member of the "Hut'schen Fraktion". At the end of the synod, missionaries were sent out, with Anabaptist messengers being sent to precisely defined mission regions. Together with Joachim Mertz, Binder was commissioned to evangelize in the Salzburg region .

His appearance in Salzburg could not have lasted long. In October 1527 he was arrested with 37 other Anabaptists, including the Salzburg Anabaptist preacher Hieronymus von Mondsee . After several negotiations in which Binder defended his beliefs, the prisoners were sentenced to death. On October 27, 1527, the house where the Anabaptists were imprisoned was set on fire. Binder and his fellow believers burned alive. In a letter dated November 26, 1527, Johannes von Eck informed Duke Georg of Saxony about the events in Salzburg.

Eukarius Binder's wife Ursula remained in Augsburg. She lived there with her brother-in-law Thoma Paur, a day laborer , and probably also for a short time in Laugingen . On April 12, 1528, she attended an Anabaptist Easter service in Augsburg, during which all participants were arrested and imprisoned.

Christening succession

The line of baptismal succession goes with Eukarius Binder (? 1526) via 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.

Works (in selection)

  • We thank God from the heart - a hymn with 11 stanzas, which was initially distributed as a leaflet and later found in two Hutterite hymn books . This song is also available in the parade under number 35, but it is mistakenly assigned to Jörg Steinmetz .

literature

  • Klaus Rischar: The missionary Eucharius Binder and his colleague Joachim March. In: Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter 25/1968, pp. 18-26.
  • G. Berbig: The Anabaptists in the office of Königsberg. In: German Journal for Church Law 13/1903, p. 315.
  • Christian Hege, Christian Neff: Mennonite Lexicon. Volume 4, Frankfurt and Weierhof, 1913-1967, p. 222.
  • Christian Meyer: Journal of the historical association for Swabia and Neuburg. I / 1874.
  • Alexander Nicoladoni: Johannes Bünderlin of Linz and the Upper Austrian Anabaptist communities in the years 1525–1531. Berlin 1893.
  • Friedrich Roth: Journal of the historical association for Swabia and Neuburg. 28/1901.
  • Johann Karl Seidemann : Thomas Münzer. Dresden and Leipzig 1842.
  • Paul Wappler: The Anabaptist Movement in Thuringia from 1526–1584 , Jena 1913.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinold Fast, Martin Rothkegel (ed.): The "art book" by Jörg Probst Rotenfelder, called painter (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. 464) , Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-01646-7 , p. 296; Note 2
  2. ↑ This is also indicated by his surname Eucharius, the carpenter from Coburg ; see. G. Berbig: The Anabaptists in the office of Königsberg , in German magazine for church law , 13/1903, p. 315
  3. ↑ Kimberly D. Schmidt, Diane Zimmerman Umble, Steven D. Reschly (Eds.): Strangers at home. Amish and Mennonite Women in History. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore 2002, ISBN 0-8018-6786-X , p. 134; Note 25.
  4. ↑ a b c d Christian Hege: Article Binder, Eucharius (d. 1527) , in: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia , 1953 (online) ; accessed on October 4, 2010
  5. ↑ John S. Oyer: Lutheran Reformers Against Anabaptists , Den Haag 2001, p. 49
  6. ↑ On the baptism of Langenmantel see Friedrich Roth On the life story of Eitelhans Langenmantel von Augsburg , in: On the history of the Anabaptists in Oberschwaben , Part II, p. 2ff. MDZ
  7. ^ Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 year celebration of the city of Augsburg , Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 41
  8. ^ Hans Guderian: The Anabaptists in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 year celebration of the city of Augsburg , Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 43f
  9. ^ John S. Oyer, Robert S. Kreider: Martyrs fates. Reports on Anabaptists of the 16th century who gave their lives for their faith , Lage 2002, ISBN 3-933828-84-8 , pp. 46f
  10. ↑ Compare to: Hans Guderian: Die Anabaptist in Augsburg. Their history and their legacy. A contribution to the 2000 year celebration of the city of Augsburg , Pfaffenhofen 1984, ISBN 3-7787-2063-5 , p. 75f
  11. ↑ Karl Goedeke: Ground plan for the history of German poetry , 2nd, completely revised edition, Dresden undated, p. 241
personal data
SURNAME Binder, Eucarius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Binder, Eucharius; Binder, Carius; Kellermann, Eucharius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anabaptist messenger and martyr
DATE OF BIRTH between 1450 and 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Coburg
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1527
Place of death Salzburg