Thomas Stapleton (theologian)
Thomas Stapleton (born July 1535 in Menfield , Sussex , † October 12, 1598 in Leuven ) was an English controversial theologian and author .
Life
Stapleton studied at the Universities of Canterbury , Winchester and Oxford . 1558 he received the priesthood and became a canon of the Cathedral of Chichester appointed. As early as 1556 he had received a master's degree in liberal arts from New College , Oxford . In 1559 he stayed to study the Greek language at the universities of Leuven and Paris .
Under Queen Maria I Tudor he was the canon of Chichester , after Queen Elizabeth I Tudor's accession to the throne , he refused the oath of supremacy and left England in 1563. In 1569 William Allen called him to the first English seminary in Douai . There he taught theology for many years , in 1590 he received a chair for theology in Leuven from King Philip II of Spain . A prolific writer, he defended the authority of the Church without fully recognizing the supremacy of the Pope . His work "Tres Thomae" (1588) was about Apostles Thomas , Thomas Becket and Thomas More .
Works (selection)
- Promptuarium morale super Evangelia Dominicalia . Vidua [Plantini] & Moretus, Antwerp 1593.
- Tres Thomae . 1588.
- Vita Thomae Mori . Minerva publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1964, ISBN 3-86598-176-3 (reprint of the Frankfurt / M. 1689 edition).
literature
- Alfons Bellesheim : Wilhelm Cardinal Allen (1532-1594) and the English seminars on the mainland . Kirchheim-Verlag Mainz 1885.
- Raymond W. Chambers: Thomas More. A statesman Heinrich VIII. Kösel Verlag, Munich 1946.
- Karl Mühlek: Thomas Stapleton (theologian). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 1327-1329.
- Pontien Polman: L'élément historique dans la controverse religieuse du XVIe siècle . Edition Duculot, Gembloux 1932 (including dissertation, Université Louvain).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stapleton, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English controversial theologian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1535 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Menfield , Sussex |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1598 |
| Place of death | Lions |