Regensburg Religious Discussion (1601)
The Regensburg Religious Discussion of 1601 (also called the Regensburg Colloquium ) took place during the Regensburg Reichstag . The talks began on November 18 and lasted until December 7, 1601; a total of 14 working sessions took place.
The religious talk was convened at the instigation of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria and Duke Philipp Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg . The negotiations took place in the Regensburg town hall and were conducted in Latin . A religious discussion between Catholic and Lutheran theologians about the Holy Scriptures was planned .
On the Protestant side, Egidius Hunnius , professor of theology in Wittenberg, Jakob Hailbronner , court preacher in Neuburg, and pastor (later superintendent) Magnus Agricola were significantly involved, on the Catholic side, the Ingolstadt professor and university vice-chancellor Albert Hunger and Jakob Gretser , who also taught in Ingolstadt , both Jesuits . From the fourth conversation onwards, Gretser was replaced by his younger brother Adam Tanner , allegedly because of a flu illness, in reality probably because the poorly prepared Gretser had nothing to argue against the Protestant opponents and "seemed to spoil almost everything." ( Siegfried Hofmann : Jesuit theologians in Ingolstadt)
The content of the dispute was whether the Holy Scriptures could be used as the sole legal source in religious disputes or whether there could be other sources such as tradition or the papacy . Ten theses were put forward by the Protestant side and five by the Catholic side to substantiate their own position. The conversation failed mainly because of the unwillingness in both camps to forego polemics and insults. It is considered to be the last major religious discussion that took place as part of a Reichstag.
literature
- Adam Tanner: Relatio compendiaria de initio processu et fine Colloquii Ratisbonensis, quod Anno Domini MDCI . Second edition. Nicolai Henrici, Munich 1602 ( digitized book from the copyright-free inventory of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich [accessed on November 6, 2012] Adam Tanner's report from the Regensburg Religious Discussion in Latin ).
- Adam Tanner: Thorough, detailed report, from the beginning, progress, and end of the Regenspurgischen Colloquij, according to Anno 1601. between the Catholic one, and the Augspurgischen Confession dedicated to theologians, the other partly, employed and kept (1602) digitized book from the Copyright-free holdings of the Bavarian State Library in Munich, accessed on January 17, 2013.
- Wilhelm Herbst: The Regensburg Religious Discussion of 1601. Historically presented and dogma-historically illuminated . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1928.
Web links
- Colored illustration Colloquium Ratisbon (ae) habitum… MDCI . In: Stammbuch der Donauer family , 1599–1608, p. 31; Private ownership ( digital copy from the Regensburg State Library)
- Article about the Regensburg Colloquium Stadtmuseum Ingolstadt
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes Dillinger: Friedrich Spee and Adam Tanner: Two opponents of the witch trials from the Jesuit order . In: Working group of the Friedrich Spee societies in Düsseldorf and Trier (ed.): Spee year book . 7th year. Paulinus, 2000, ISSN 0947-0735 , p. 34 and 36 ( historicum.net [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on November 6, 2012]). PDF document; 1.53 MB ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Siegfried Hofmann: Jesuit theologians in Ingolstadt. A contribution to the exhibition: The Jesuits in Ingolstadt. Ingolstadt City Museum, accessed on November 6, 2012 .
- ^ Carl Wilhelm Hering : History of the Church's attempts at union since the Reformation up to our time, first volume. Verlag Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1836, p. 458
