Sebastian Hofmeister

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Sebastian Hofmeister (also Oeconomus , Oikonomos or Wagner ; * around 1494 in Schaffhausen ; † June 9, 1533 in Zofingen ) was a Reformed theologian and reformer.

Life

Sebastian Hofmeister was born in Schaffhausen around 1494. The house with the name Zun three mountains on the lower town 44 was his father's house. Hofmeister became a Franciscan from an early age in the Upper German (Strasbourg) order province, Provincia Argentina . The gifted religious led his way to Paris , where he studied and obtained his doctorate . He was well versed not only in the classical studies but also in Hebrew . In 1520 he returned to his homeland. His first place of work was Zurich , where he came into contact with Ulrich Zwingli . In 1520 he was transferred from his order to Constance . At the beginning of 1522 he became a reading master in the Barfüsserkloster in Lucerne . Because of his preaching activity in the Reformed sense, he was accused of being a heretic by the Bishop of Constance and therefore had to leave the city again soon, in the summer of 1522.

Driven from Lucerne, he turned back to his hometown, where his sermons against the church's grievances made a strong impression, but also sparked violent battles. In the year 1523 his work was published "A faithful compassion to the confederates, that they were condemned by ire false prophets, to oppose the real Christ" . When Johannes Eck also turned against the Zurich reformer, Hofmeister gave his friend Zwingli a lot of support with the pamphlet "Answer to Doctor Eckens' denial" . He took an active part in the first Zurich disputation in January 1523 and chaired the second Zurich disputation (November 1523) on the first day.

In 1525 he was accused of having supported the rebel revolt and had to leave Schaffhausen ( banishment with death penalty). Hofmeister first went to Zurich, where he preached for a while on the pulpit of the Fraumünster . In 1525 he took a leading role in Anabaptist talks. In January 1526, he took part in the Ilanz Religious Discussion as a delegate from Zurich . At the beginning of 1528 he was one of the Zurich representatives at the Bern disputation . He then held the post of professor in Bern for a short time and was called to Zofingen as pastor in the same year. His efforts to return to Schaffhausen as a preacher were unsuccessful.

His dialectical skills were so great that, as on previous occasions, he asserted himself here too. It is true that he was only granted a brief activity in the Bern area. Hofmeister is probably considered to be a reformer of Schaffhausen, although he was not allowed to experience the breakthrough of the Gospel there. But in many other places in Switzerland he was just as decisive for the Reformation.

Hofmeister died on June 9, 1533 in Zofingen, after having been hit by a blow the day before during the sermon.

Works

  • A loyal conviction to the confederates that they were condemned by ire false prophets, opposing the lere Christ , Basel 1523
  • Answer to the decision by Doctor Eckens , Zurich 1525
  • Acta et al. plot of the conversation so from all priests of the Tryen Pündten in the M. D, XXVI. jar uff Mentag uff Zynstag after d. heyligen III. Künigen day zu Inlantz in the Grawen Pundts uss respect of the Pundsherren happen , Zurich 1526 ( Reprinted by Sebastian Hoffmeister's files on the religious discussion in Ilanz. Newly published on the Gallicius celebration 1904, Chur 1904)

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  1. ↑ a b Older research gave 1476 as the year of birth and June 26, 1533 as the date of death. See Lieb 1980.
  2. ↑ see Sebastian Hoffmeister's files on the religious discussion in Ilanz
  3. ↑ In 1529, both Bern and Zurich submitted an unsuccessful request to Schaffhausen to lift the banishment.
personal data
SURNAME Hofmeister, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oeconomus, Sebastian; Oikonomos, Sebastian; Wagner, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reformed theologian and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1494
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1533
Place of death Zofingen