Konrad Treger

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Konrad Treger , also Conrad Träger, Dreiger, Träyer, Tregarius, Treiger, Treyer, Treyger , (* around 1480/83 in Freiburg im Üechtland ; † January 13, 1543 ibid) was an Augustinian hermit and a Catholic controversial theologian of the Reformation .

Life

Education and origin

Konrad Treger was born between 1480 and 1483 in Freiburg im Üechtland into a long-established bourgeois family. Around 1500 he entered the Augustinian monastery in his hometown. From 1509 he continued his education at the general course of the order in Paris . In 1513 he returned to his mother monastery and was appointed prior there. In 1514 he moved to the University of Freiburg im Breisgau , where he graduated as a doctor of theology in 1516. 1517 he was appointed prior of the monastery of Strasbourg and rain appointed of the Augustinian general studies.

Provincial

As early as 1518 he was elected Provincial of the Rhenish-Swabian Order Province . In this function he held a disputation on predestination - us doctrine of justification - in the monastery of Strasbourg in 1521 . His theses presented there were later interpreted as if he had initially been well-disposed towards the Reformation, which was also expressed in the appointment of an evangelically-minded preacher. His later opponent Wolfgang Capito complained that he only became a decided opponent of the Reformation after an alleged trip to Rome in 1521 or 1522. As a provincial he made several visits to the monasteries in his province and tried (often in vain) to keep his subordinates from the new doctrine. He supported the confessional arrest of his brother Johann Mantel , who worked as a Protestant preacher in Stuttgart . Despite his efforts against the interference of the secular authorities in religious affairs, some of the most important Augustinian monasteries in his province were closed during his time as provincial. The Zurich was abolished in the summer of 1524, and in Konstanz the admission of novices was prohibited in the same year . In Basel , the monastery was closed in 1528 after its inmates had been inclined to the new doctrine since 1524. The Augustinian monasteries of Bern , Interlaken and Köniz were also secularized in 1528 . When Konrad Treger fell ill with the plague in 1542, he was only head of eleven Augustinian monasteries with a total of barely 40 members.

Treger trade

In 1524 there was an open conflict in Strasbourg between Treger and the clergymen who were reformation-minded. The dispute began when Treger published the text Paradoxa centum de ecclesia conciliorumque auctoritate ( One Hundred Paradoxes or Miraculous Speeches on the Power of Scripture, Churches and Concilia ) in March 1524 . The pamphlet was dedicated to the Bishop of Lausanne Sébastien de Montfalcon and contained a hundred theses against the religious division that he had put together in order to defend it publicly in his hometown. Immediately after the publication of the text, the newly believing preachers of Strasbourg asked for a disputation with the author. There was a three-day private disputation in the Franciscan monastery; Treger opposed a public conversation by pointing out that the bishop had not allowed him. On behalf of the Strasbourg preachers, Capito responded to this in April 1524 with his text Warning the Servants of the Word and the Brothers of Strasbourg , in which he accused Treger of doubting the authority of the Holy Scriptures . In addition, he was accused of unfair motives for his advocacy for the Catholic Church . For a long time Treger could not find a printer for his answer to the lying, godless book . When his manification [...] of a laudable common union in front of the Böhem ketzereyer , with strong attacks against the preachers, finally appeared in September 1524, a storm of indignation arose in the city. A delegation turned to the Council of Strasbourg and demanded that Treger be arrested. Meanwhile, outraged supporters of the Reformation had stormed the Augustinian monastery and brought Konrad Treger into their power. The council bowed to the popular will and imprisoned Treger. Although his hometown Freiburg campaigned for his release, it was not until October 12, 1524 that Treger was released against the original feud . At the same time, the Reformed preachers were allowed to fight Treger's theses. This was expressed in other pamphlets by Hedio , Bucer and Capito. Treger stayed in the city for a few more weeks and at the end of the year moved to Friborg, Switzerland, where he stayed until his death.

In the Confederation

In Freiburg, which, like the five towns in central Switzerland , had spoken out against the Reformation, Treger became an advisor to the council on religious matters when he took up residence. In 1526, he took part in the Baden disputation as the representative of the Bishop of Lausanne , without taking an active part in the discussions. He was explicitly invited by Bern to the Bern Disputation of 1528 because he was a recognized authority beyond its borders. After the rejection of Johannes Eck and Thomas Murner , he was the only known scholar who stood against the reformers. He met his old opponents Capito and Bucer in Bern. When he was withdrawn from the disputation with the Strasbourg preachers, he left the meeting on the fifth day. He accused the chairman of the disputation of partiality. In 1530 he appeared at the Lausanne disputation and disputed with Guillaume Farel . In 1536 he traveled to the Diet of Speyer on behalf of the Bishop of Lausanne . No writings written by him are known from his time in Freiburg. As a provincial he was often on inspection trips and had to watch how the number of monasteries and Augustinians was getting smaller and smaller. In 1542 he fell ill with the plague and soon died. He was buried in the monastery church in Freiburg. According to his wishes, Johannes Hoffmeister from Alsace was appointed as his successor as Provincial .

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Works by Treger

  • Paradoxa centum de Ecclesiae Conciliorumque auctoritate: Ad reverendum in Christo P. et illustrem principem Fabianum de Monte Falcone Lausansem episcopum Strasbourg 1524 digitized
  • Vermanung brother Conradts Treger, Augustinian order through high Teütsche land Provincial to a laudable common Eydgenossschaff in front of the Böhemschen ketzerey, and answers Uff a peeped gotslestrig book of several so servants of the word hot to a Gemeyne Eydgenossschaffich in April . Freiburg im Breisgau 1524 digitized
  • A beautiful saying in it, by Costantz strange Renckh vnd Abentheür that Sy vmbgon understood syen . Augsburg 1529.

Opponents in Strasbourg

  • Wolfgang Capito: Warning of the servants of the word, and the brothers in Strasbourg to the brothers of Landen and Stetten of common confederation. Against the Gothenburg disputation, brother Conradts Augustiner . Strasbourg 1524
  • Wolfgang Capito: Answer D. Wolffgang Fab. Capitons on brother Conradts Augustinian order Provincials Conrad Treger vermanung, so he recently wrote to common Confederation . Strasbourg 1524 full text in the google book search
  • Martin Bucer: A brief, comprehensive report of disputations and whole trade between Cunrat Treger Prouincial the Augustinian and the preachers of Euangelij in Strasbourg . Strasbourg 1524.
  • Caspar Hedio: Rejection, brief, useful and necessary to B. Cunrath's Tregers book . Strasbourg 1524 digitized
  • Katharina Schütz : Sorry Katharina Schützinn, for M. Matthes cells, jren Eegemahel, who is a pastor and dyener in the word of God to Strasbourg. Because of big lies vffjn erdiecht. In this respect, quite proud sophists be attacked as D. Murnar. D. Jo. Cocleus brother Conrad Treger, Augustinian order Prouincial so recently with vil lies the Christian preachers and stood denigrating . Strasbourg 1524.

Bern disputation

  • Action or Acta Salary Disputation Zuo Bern In Uchtland . Bern 1608 digitized

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ death by Kathrin Utz Tremp (HLS 13/07/2011). In the older literature, November 25, 1542 is given as the date of death.
  2. ↑ a b c Vermeulen: The Augustinian Konrad Treger (1962)
  3. ↑ Cf. Timotheus Wilhelm Röhrich: History of the Reformation in Alsace and especially in Strasbourg Bd. 1, Strasbourg 1830.
  4. ↑ Zumkeller: Konrad Treger (1988), p. 85f.
  5. ↑ Cf. Marc Lienhard, Jakob Willer: Strasbourg and the Reformation . Kehl 1982, pp. 179f.
  6. ↑ Zumkeller: Konrad Treger (1988), p. 76ff.
  7. ↑ Cf. Gottfried Locher: Die Berner Disputation 1528: Character, course, meaning and theological content . In: Zwingliana 14/10 (1978), pp. 542-564
personal data
SURNAME Treger, Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carrier, Conrad; Dreiger; Träyer; Tregarius; Treiger; Treyer; Treyger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Augustinian hermit and controversial Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH between 1480 and 1483
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Üechtland
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1543
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland