Juan Gil

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Juan Gil (also known under the Latinized form of the name Dr. Egidio ; * around 1500 in Olvés near Saragossa ; † 1555 or 1556 in Seville ) was a Spanish clergyman and theologian. He is seen as a key figure in the Protestant movement in Reformation Spain .

Life

From 1525 Gil studied theology at the University of Alcalá , where he also gave lectures after receiving his baccalaureate in 1527. In 1533 he was appointed canon at Seville Cathedral . Gil also had to preach there, which he did so successfully that Charles V nominated him in 1549 as bishop for the diocese of Tortosa . However, before an appeal could be made, he was arrested by the Spanish Inquisition on charges of Lutheran heresy. Through his friend Constantino Ponce de la Fuente (1502–1560) he came into contact with Martin Luther's teachings. After an in-depth investigation by a commission that included Domingo de Soto , Gil was ordered to solemnly revoke some of the statements accused of him. After the revocation on August 21, 1552 in the cathedral, he still had to serve a prison sentence before he could resume his office as canon in mid-1553. But he was no longer allowed to preach.

In Seville he was also on friendly terms with Juan Pérez de Pineda (1500–1567). After his friend Juan Gil was arrested in 1540, he left the Kingdom of Spain.

Post-history

It was only after Gil's death in 1557/58 that a larger group of “ crypto protesters ” was discovered in Seville and Valladolid . In 1559/60 approx. 50 people were executed at the stake , others saved themselves by revocation. Several of them, including Maria de Bohorques , were found to have chosen the evangelical faith as a result of Gil's influence. Thereupon Gil was brought to a posthumous trial and finally on December 22, 1560 his exhumed bones were burned at the stake along with 14 living Protestants.

Spanish evangelical refugees, including Casiodoro de Reina , stylized Gil as the first evangelical martyr in Spain. However, current research assumes that it was easy for him to withdraw because he was not, as he was accused, a Lutheran, but Erasmus of Rotterdam and Juan de Valdés had a greater influence on him. The first revocation, however, was the statement "that we are justified only by faith", that is, the Reformation solafide .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Pinyol: The Spanish Remnant. Lulu, Raleigh (North Carolina) 2016, ISBN 1-3266-8706-9 , p. 189
  2. ^ Klaus Reinhardt: Biblical Commentaries by Spanish Authors (1500-1700): Authors MZ, Volume 2. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press, 1999, ISBN 8-4000-7831-4 , p. 188
  3. ^ Mariano Delgado : Seville. Dr. Egidio. In: Michael Welker , Michael Beintker , Albert de Lange (Eds.): Europa Reformata. Reformation cities of Europe and their reformers. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2016, p. 371.
personal data
SURNAME Gil, Juan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dr. Egidio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish clergyman and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH Olvés near Saragossa
DATE OF DEATH 1555 or 1556
Place of death Seville