Pancratius Caprez

Pancratius Caprez (* around 1625 in Trin ; † 1704 in Maienfeld ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor . He is particularly important because of the theological pamphlet "Anti-Georgius" which he wrote, which deals with the question of the existence of purgatory . Furthermore, his funeral sermons are an important genealogical source.

Life

Pancratius Caprez was born around 1625 in Trin in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . In 1647/1648 he studied Protestant theology at the University of Basel . On June 3, 1648, he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in Splügen . The right in the This involved three frets to work as a pastor.

Caprez then became pastor in Sils im Domleschg , where he stayed until 1654. The year before, he was expelled from the synod because he was accused of contact with the convert Johann Schorsch , who had converted to the Catholic Church . Caprez apologized by saying that he had exchanged only a few words with Schorsch since he left. In 1654 Caprez became pastor in Zizers ; In 1655 he also took over the provisional supply in the neighboring municipality of Untervaz . After a dispute over the claims of the Untervaz daughter church Mastrils to Sunday services, he took over a pastor's position in Maienfeld in 1665 . Caprez died there in 1704.

Works

• Anti-Georgius seu vindicae Caprezianae, quibius Johannes Georgii, apostatae Rhaeti, nuper funerati manium irrequietorum, in tenebrius detegitur (Zurich 1671)
• Jacobs mourning dress, that is: A light sermon, delivered at Meyenfeld 1671. Bey Burial Caroli von Salis (Basel 1671)
• Christian corpse sermon / of the triumph of the chosen in eternal life
• Astorgia meretricia: or extinguished natural motherly love presented in a serious sermon by the community of God in Meyenfeld (Zurich 1683)

literature

• Erich Wenneker :  Caprez, Pancratius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 258-259.
• Johann Jakob Vedrosi : Manuale Antiquitatis (Zurich 1668)