Paul Bachmann (Abbot)

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Paul Bachmann (also Amnicola ; * between 1465 and 1468 in Chemnitz ; † 1538 in Altzelle Abbey near Nossen ) was a Cistercian and since 1522 abbot of Altzelle Abbey . As a controversial theologian , he was a sharp opponent of Martin Luther and the Reformation in Saxony.

Life

Nothing is known about his childhood and youth apart from his place of birth, and also very little about the time of his life before he appeared as an opponent of the Reformation movement. He seems to have taught at a Cistercian school in Leipzig before he first became procurator of the Altzelle monastery.

In 1522 Bachmann succeeded Martin von Lochau as abbot of the monastery and was committed to improving monastic discipline and order . Since then he has participated in the journalistic dispute against Luther. He used the canonization of Bishop Benno of Meissen for a violent polemic against Luther. King Ferdinand entrusted him with the visits to Neuzelle Monastery and Dobrilugk Monastery in 1532 and 1537 . In 1537 he was ordained vicar for Bohemia-Moravia-Lusatia.

Works

Together with Hieronymus Emser , Johannes Cochläus and Augustin von Alveldt , Bachmann opposed the spread of the Reformation in Saxony and published some quite rough pamphlets against Martin Luther.

  • Martinus Luther, Wy ess ain man sey u. what he fears in the schylde (1522)
  • Wyder the wild Geyffernd Eberschwein Luthern, So ... stands up against himself with his trunk to stab the Canonizacion Diui Bennonis and all holy devotion (1524)
  • Expert opinion to Hzg. Georg v. Saxony on the so-called 15 Marburg Articles (1530)
  • A Schnoptuchlin on Luther's Geyffer vnd vnlust (1533)
  • A quack of the Lutheran lying, wide open jaws to read the life of the cloister and give it away (1534)
  • Against the Natterzungen, Hon spokesman vnd Lestermeuler (1538)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Bachmann (Amnicola), Paul. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 325.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
  2. ↑ to Catholic Encyclopedia online , see under web links
  3. ^ Rudolf Lehmann: Document book of the Dobrilugk monastery.
personal data
SURNAME Bachmann, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amnicola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cistercian monk and abbot of the Altzella monastery , opponent of Martin Luther
DATE OF BIRTH between 1465 and 1468
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH 1538
Place of death Altzella Monastery near Nossen