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De disputatione lipsicensi quantum ad Boemos obiter deflexa est Epistola / Hieronymi Emser. Ad Aegocerotem / Lutheri additio; Title page recto

On the Leipzig Disputation, an Epistle Which Turns on the Issue of the Bohemians [=Hussites]

Catholic Church--Doctrines

Theology, Doctrinal

Leipzig Disputation (Germany : 1519)

Hussites

Emser was one of Luther’s antagonists in this period and he referred to him as "Goat Emser." This work summarizes the debate that occurred in Leipzig between Luther and his opponents. Chief among these was Johann Eck, one of the leading intellects of the day who, in the course of the debate got Luther to admit (partial) support for the Bohemian theologian Jan Hus, who had notoriously been condemned as a heretic despite receiving a safe-conduct from the emperor, and was executed at Constance in 1415. The event, during which Luther asserted that "scripture alone" (sola scriptura) rather than the Roman Church or the Pope, was the supreme authority for Christians, marked a turning point in Luther’s relation to the Church of which he was then, still, a member. Soon after, the papal bull Exsurge Domine was issued, condemning Luther’s writings and setting the stage for his excommunication.

Emser, Hieronymus, 1478-1527

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. Ad aegocerotem Lutheri additio

Silvan Otmar

[1519]

No Copyright - United States

Latin

Still Image

4582893

1519

[Augsburg]

pamphlets

[30] pages ; 21 cm (quarto)

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University

Union Rare Pamphlets

LH34 1519

original filename:1900200006

Text in Latin includes both Emser's and Luther's works on the Leipzig Disputation

Woodcut of coat of arms of H. Emser on title page

recto, title page

reformatted digital