Charles Beard: "Martin Luther and the German Reformation," Ch. 3--Eck, 1...
The story of Eck is unfolded—Professor of Theology
at Ingolstadt and a canon in the Cathedral Church of Eischstadt, yet, at an early
date, not an opponent of Luther or Carlstadt. Carlstadt is at Wittenberg in 1507
lecturing on Aquinas, getting his DD in 1510 and known as a learned scholastic.
Carlstadt returns from Rome in 1516 finding Luther’s the dominant theological force.
On 26 Apr 1517, the relics of Castle Church are on display and Carlstadt begins
his own disputation on them with 152 theses. Luther is impressed. Eck is writing
on Luther’s 95-Theses later for his Bishop, a private document that is found and
published. Preliminary, literary, political and event-planning skirmishings occur
in the lead-up to the Leipzig debate of 1519. Eck poses his own theses before Leipzig.
Meanwhile, Luther is doing academics and writing.
Comments
Post a Comment