Johann Dölsch

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Johann Dölsch , also Toltz, Doltsch, Dolizius, Dolscius, Dölzk, Doelschius, Dölsth, Dolitzsch, Feldkirch, Velcurio, (* around 1486 in Feldkirch ; † July 21, 1523 in Wittenberg ) was a Protestant theologian and reformer.

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Dölsch enrolled at the University of Heidelberg and studied there from December 1502 to 1504. Together with his friend Bartholomäus Bernhardi , he moved to the newly founded University of Wittenberg and enrolled there on May 23, 1504. In the autumn of the same year he was awarded a baccalaureate on September 18 and a master's degree in liberal arts on February 10, 1506 .

A priest ordained , he moved early in 1507 to his hometown as a priest and held there his first Mass . In the fall he returned to the University of Wittenberg to continue his academic career. In 1509 he was accepted as a member of the artist faculty and taught at the same together with Nikolaus von Amsdorf , Andreas Bodenstein and Bartholomäus Bernhardi.

Under the deanery of Johann von Staupitz , he obtained the lowest theological academic degree of baccalaureus biblicus on May 24, 1509 . In 1510 he was elected canon of the castle church in Wittenberg. On May 28, 1511, as sententiarius , he received the right to read about the first two books of the Lombards' sentences. In the same year he took over the deanery of the philosophical faculty and received on August 27, 1512 the preliminary stage to the licentiate , the formatus . In 1514 the representatives of his community wanted Dölsch to return to his hometown, but he decided not to do so in order to continue his academic career.

In the winter semester 1516/17 he was elected rector of the university. During this time he read Aristotelian philosophy " secundum viam Scoti " and later regretted having devoted twelve of the best years to this work. He must have been a very capable but indecisive man. He did not acquire the degree of licentiate in theology until 1518, was again dean of the philosophical faculty in 1520 and took his time with the doctorate until 1521. In the summer of 1521 he was also accepted as a full member of the theological faculty, thus elected custodian of the castle church and in winter 1521 dean of the theological faculty.

Dölsch himself was initially a representative of the scholastic faith. As a Thomist he went over to Scotism theologically and philosophically . Through theological arguments with Luther, which he had resisted from 1514, he turned to Luther's interpretation of faith with the publication of the 95 theses . From then on he himself became a representative of Lutheran teaching and one of its helpers. He wrote against Augustin von Alveldt and in April 1520 stood up for Luther in a defensive letter against the Universities of Löwen and Cologne.

The authority of Scripture, the gospel of Christ and faith were at the center of his contemplation. He confesses to having experienced the truth of Scripture for himself when he was still a scholastic. The theses that he put forward during these years are also well Lutheran. For this reason Johannes Eck , like Andreas Bodenstein , had placed him next to Luther in 1520 on the bull threatening Exsurge Domine .

Since the university stood up for its members, Dölsch was able to maintain his position and did not revoke it. He steadfastly represented his point of view in his disputation theses. Even as a spellbound professor he enjoyed a reputation, which is proven by the fact that he was to be appointed cathedral preacher in Bamberg in 1520 .

He also got into a dispute with Luther, as he continued to conduct mass according to the scholastic model as a preacher at the castle church. Nevertheless, Dölsch served the Reformation well. He won over many of his students to the ideas of the Reformation. His early death, however, put an end to another ministry. He was probably infected by the plague, which was often rampant in Wittenberg, and died in the evening of Maria Magdalene in 1523. He left a widow.

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  • Contra doctrinalem quorundam Magistrorum nostrum damnationem Louanieensis & Coloniensis studii… Defensio, Wittenberg 1520

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SURNAME Dölsch, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Toltz, Johann; Doltsch, Johann; Dolizius, Johann; Dolscius, Johann; Dölzk, Johann; Doelschius, Johann; Dölsth, Johann; Dolitzsch, Johann; Feldkirch, Johann; Velcurio, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1486
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldkirch
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1523
Place of death Wittenberg