Mathias Tanner

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Mathias Tanner SJ (born February 28, 1630 in Pilsen , Bohemia , † February 8, 1692 in Prague ) was a Bohemian Catholic priest , theologian and religious historian. At times he was rector of the Charles University in Prague .

Life

At sixteen, Tanner entered the Society of Jesus on September 23, 1646 . After completing the usual studies, he lectured philosophy and theology (dogmatics and exegesis) in Prague for over ten years. There he was also rector Magnificus of the university from 1672 to 1675. From 1676-1679 and 1686-1689 he was Provincial of the Bohemian Province, which at that time required a lot of diplomatic skill. At this time there were negotiations with both Rome and Vienna regarding the right of bishops to censor the writings of the universities in Bohemia; a right that Tanner claimed for the Jesuit order . Tanner himself was often active as a censor, as library entries show.

He was also head of the religious house in Prague and the theological training.

With the Leipzig superintendent Elias Siegesmund Reinhard , Tanner delivered a violent polemic about the nature of transubstantiation and the necessity of celibacy , in which Abbot Vincenz Macarius Franck of the Premonstratensian monastery Strahov (in whose monastery Fromm later entered) was involved. The reason for this was the conversion of the Lutheran pastor and composer Andreas Fromm in 1668 with his whole family in the Jesuit church in Prague. After acquiring the (Catholic) licentiate , Fromm was ordained a priest and was given the post of canon . Fromm's justification from 1668 Andreae Frommen. The H. Schrifft Licentiaten / The Sr. Churf. Passed through to Brandenburg for the 10th year as Consistorial Council / (…) Return to the Catholic Churches: He considered it necessary to give the Historiam and motifs in print, which resulted in a flood of pamphlets in solid language from all sides. The intense debate in which Tanner stood in the crossfire as the leading Jesuit can be seen from the titles of the writings:

Elias Sigismund Reinhart's (...) report published in Leipzig to (...) Vincentium Macarium (...) because of some uncertainty, so Licentiat Andreas Fromm (...) did not swear (...) to write (...) was supplemented by the further declaration, Belonging to the recently issued report To (...) Mr. Vincentium Macarium (...) Like the transubstantiation or Brod conversion argument Which in the deviated year The Jesuits at the University of Prague P. Matthias Tanner (...) As well as P. Wenceslaus Zimmermann ( ...) In your client and new Scholarn Buche, L [ic.] Called Frommens Wiederkehrung, with your censorship considered very agreeable, as an aid to the Jews, Turks, Arians and Socinians.

In response, Tanner wrote the Dialogus conversisticus ; Reinhart answered this with the almost hundred-page letter "Reply to the Post": Elias Sigismund Reinhart's Der heiligen Schrifft Doctors, Professors, and Superintendentens In Leipzig Reply to the Post To Father Matthias Tannern from the JH S. Theologiae Doctorn Society and Professorn bey To the University of Prague on its recently sent letter by post: Sampt more than immediately about the same with added comments. Fromm replied to this in consultation with Tanner: Bad Post Against Doctor Reinhart's in Leipzig Reply on the post To Mr. P. Matthiam Tannerum (...): That he was richer in words otherwise than allegatis and ostentation / in reasons but and nervis very poor writing against Lic. Pious a lot of lies (...) pour out; Because of the similarity of the materials, it is shown what a lot of lies Jacobus Ludovicus is bringing up in his printed transmission letter and how he and Reinhart contradict each other in the lies.

As part of the Counter-Reformation, Tanner wrote other writings on the Eucharist ( Cruentum Christi sacrificium ). He also initiated the pilgrimage to the "Mount of Olives" near Štramberk (Kotouč u Štramberka).

Mathias Tanner died in Prague on February 8, 1692. Contemporaries described him as a man of ardent and attractive piety.

Significant are Tanner's biographical accounts of the order's history, which appeared in volumes magnificently decorated with illustrations. These representative writings are in Latin, while the writings on popular piety are partly also in German and Bohemian.

Works (selection)

  • Cruentum Christi sacrificium in incruento missae sacrificio explicatum. Seu Praxis, submissive Missam Celebrandi, & audiendi ad singula Passionis Christi Mysteria accommodata, & variis piis affectibus adornata. Prague 1666. Digitized
  • Hora Olivetská. 1666, reissued by Jan Malura; Host, Brno 2001.
  • Dialogus conversisticus . Prague 1669.
  • The society of Jesus bit to shed its blood against idolatry, unbelief, and vice, fighting for God the true faith, and virtues in all four parts of the world: that is: life change, and death occurrence of those who outside Society of Jesus for the practice of God, of true faith, and of virtues, more violent white was executed . Prague 1683. Digitized
  • Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitæ profusionem militans, in Europa, Africa, Asia, et America, contar Gentiles, Mahometanos, Judæos, Hæreticos, (...) Sive vita, et mors eorum qui ex Societate Jesu in causa fidei, & virtutis propugnatæ, violenta morte dead orbe sublati sunt. At Societas Jesu usque ad sudorem et mortem pro salute proximi laborans. Prague n.d. (1685).
  • Societas Jesu, Apostolorum Imitatrix, seu gesta praeclara et virtutes eorum qui è societate Jesu in procuranda salute animarum (…) per totum Orbem terrarum speciali zelo desudarunt. Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae, Pragae 1694.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note in the book: Testamentum Jesu Christi, Filii Dei, Patris Humani Generis In Cruce Morientis
  2. ↑ Note in the book: Problemata Evangelica Ut plurimùm Emblematis Coronata. Sive Quæstiones Curiosæ In singula Evangelia Dominicarum Totius Anni
  3. ^ Tanner published a report on the consecration and the Primiz Fromm, which was celebrated on April 9, 1669 , which has not been preserved.
  4. ↑ On the whole cf. Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio Bibliographies - Brandenburg Scholars of the Early Modern Age. Berlin 1997. On Andreas Fromm: pp. 124-137.
  5. ↑ Can only be found in excerpts, cf. Extract. From a discourse .
  6. ↑ This refers to Jakob Ludovici, the father of Jakob Friedrich Ludovici , who is familiar with the script Nugae Jesuiticae, Dudum Explosae, Das ist; Old embarrassed / long-torn Jesuit rags: (...) Which of the quacks and libertines Lic. Andreas Fromme Recently Apostata: Former Decanus zu Kemnitz in the Bishopric of Leutmeritz in Bohemia / now (...) of the Spiritual Consistorii of Rome Secretarius (...) On the junk market of impudence / in the deviated 1668th year / to praga / to expose / and to present in the Theatro Mundi / has not become stupid / to learn / what before shameful and ignored calumniants the popes are ... colligiret / and the blasphemer Rummaged ... had reported sent back to speak. Title page
  7. ↑ Cf. Jaromir Linda: Hora olivetská Matěje Tannera . in: Knihovní obzor 1, 1993, No. 4, pp. 21-27.
personal data
SURNAME Tanner, Mathias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tanner, Matthias; Tanner, Matěj; Tannerus, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian Catholic clergyman, Jesuit and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1630
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1692
Place of death Prague