CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Text #570

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s.l. [1541-04-14 — 1541-07-06]
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1	excerpt in Latin, 16th-century, AAWO, AB, D. 56, f. 121

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Sunt plerique, qui reformationem iustam, plerique qui aliquam, sed non plenam, sunt qui prorsus nullam admissuri videntur. Dominus adsit nobis. Nostri inter se pulchre consentiunt et nemo est, qui quicquam velit concedere, quod ex verbo Dei non plane debeatur concedi. Idem et Joachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌊marchio Brandenburgensis electorJoachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌋ facturum se dixit. Exspectandum, quid Deus dare velit in istis comitiis, quem assidue pro ecclesia oremus atque pro iis, qui actioni adhibebuntur, ut prorsus Sathanas devincatur. Spes parva est, ut tamen aliquid ipsi eripiamus, et Christo addicamus, bona spes est. Nemo ex principibus prophanis repugnat. Iam propter solos Bavaros duos et unum Brusuicensem inter episcopos quoque sunt, qui reformationem desiderant. Ex eruditis Regensburg (Ratisbona), city in southeastern Germany, Bavaria, on the Danube river⌊RatisponaeRegensburg (Ratisbona), city in southeastern Germany, Bavaria, on the Danube river⌋ sunt Philipp Melanchthon (Philipp Schwartzerd) (*1497 – †1560), Lutheran theologian, humanist, Martin Luther's collaborator and friend, author of the Augsburg Confession. He was strongly influenced by Luther, whom he called his spiritual father. In 1519 he was present as a spectator at the disputation of Leipzig between Martin Luther and Johann Eck. He was also in attendance at the Diet of Augsburg (1530) and at the religious colloquy of Worms (1557)⌊Philippus MelanchtonPhilipp Melanchthon (Philipp Schwartzerd) (*1497 – †1560), Lutheran theologian, humanist, Martin Luther's collaborator and friend, author of the Augsburg Confession. He was strongly influenced by Luther, whom he called his spiritual father. In 1519 he was present as a spectator at the disputation of Leipzig between Martin Luther and Johann Eck. He was also in attendance at the Diet of Augsburg (1530) and at the religious colloquy of Worms (1557)⌋, Creicziger doctor, quattuor landtgravii contionatores, Erhardus Schnepfius et doctor Baltazar nomine ducis Vitembergensis, Martin Bucer (Martin Butzer, Martinus Buccer) (*1491 – †1551), German Protestant theologian and Reformer⌊BucerusMartin Bucer (Martin Butzer, Martinus Buccer) (*1491 – †1551), German Protestant theologian and Reformer⌋, John Calvin (*1509 – †1564), French theologian, leader of the Reformation⌊CalvinusJohn Calvin (*1509 – †1564), French theologian, leader of the Reformation⌋, Iohannes Bremensis et Martinus Frechtus Ulmensis. Johann Eck (Ioannes Eckius, Johann Maier von Eck) (*1486 – †1543)⌊EckiusJohann Eck (Ioannes Eckius, Johann Maier von Eck) (*1486 – †1543)⌋ eo tempore, quo Ratisponae fui, tamen non aderat.

Quia grave discidium est inter Brunsuicenses et Philip I of Hesse der Großmütige (*1504 – †1567), 1509-1567 Landgrave of Hesse, actually in power from 1518; son of Wilhelm II of Hesse and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married to Christine of Saxony (daughter of Georg, Duke of Saxony), protector of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany, one of the leaders of the Schmalkaldic League (taken prisoner by emperor Charles V of Habsburg after the defeat at Mühlberg in 1547, but released in 1552) (ADB, 25, p. 765-783)⌊LantdgraviumPhilip I of Hesse der Großmütige (*1504 – †1567), 1509-1567 Landgrave of Hesse, actually in power from 1518; son of Wilhelm II of Hesse and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married to Christine of Saxony (daughter of Georg, Duke of Saxony), protector of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany, one of the leaders of the Schmalkaldic League (taken prisoner by emperor Charles V of Habsburg after the defeat at Mühlberg in 1547, but released in 1552) (ADB, 25, p. 765-783)⌋ et ii duo in scissionibus imperii contigui sunt, Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊imperatorCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋ Charles III of Savoy (*1486 – †1553), 1504-1553 Duke of Savoy⌊ducem SabaudiaeCharles III of Savoy (*1486 – †1553), 1504-1553 Duke of Savoy⌋ exulem inter hos duos collocavit. Proscindunt se graviter libellis, qui iam passim leguntur, et quo quisque laborat affectu, quae res ex animi sententia mihi dolet, videtur enim res indigna principibus et quae contemptum magistratus afferat. Sed cf. Verg. G. 1.514 ⌊fertur equis auriga nec audit currus habenascf. Verg. G. 1.514 ⌋.