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Der Begriff Th. wird in Forschung und Literatur eher unspezifisch verwendet. Es ist daher für die Nz. eine doppelte Eingrenzung nötig: Mit Th. werden im Folgenden jene Zusammenkünfte von evang. Theologen bezeichnet, die seit der Mitte des 16. Jh.s auf Betreiben der Obrigkeit stattfanden, der Klärung theologischer (= theol.) Fragen dienen sollten und als solche als höchste protest. Lehrautorität galten. Im Unterschied dazu bezeichnet das Wort Religionsgespräch ein Gespräch zwischen Vertretern mehrerer Konfessionen. Davon nochmals zu unterscheiden ist der Th. als Element von Ki…

The term  theological convention is used rather loosely in research and academic writing; it is therefore necessary to doubly limit its meaning for the early modern period. In this article, it will be used for gatherings of Protestant theologians that assembled after the mid-16th century at the instigation of the secular authorities to clarify theological questions and as such were considered the highest Protestant authority in questions of doctrine. By contrast the term  disputation (Disputation, religious) denotes a colloquy involving representatatives of multipl…

Das siebend Capitel Danielis‘The seventh chapter of Daniel on the blasphemy of the Turk and his terrible murderous acts, together with an instruction of Justus Jonas’, ‘The seventh chapter of Daniel’ Jodokus (Jobst) Koch Date: Late 1529 or early 1530 Original Language: German Description Jonas finished Das siebend Capitel Danielis in autumn 1529, after the end of the Ottoman siege of Vienna in October 1529. The book, containing 32 quarto pages, was printed sometime around December 1529 or January 1530 by Hans Lufft, one of the most important printers of the Wittenberg Reformation. Altho…

Jodokus (Jobst) Koch Date of Birth: 5 June 1493 Place of Birth: Nordhausen Date of Death: 9 October 1555 Place of Death: Eisfeld, Thuringia Biography Born the son of the Nordhausen council member Jonas Koch, Jodokus began his studies at the Faculty of Arts in Erfurt during the summer of 1506, where he changed his name to Justus Jonas. He completed his basic studies in 1510, and then moved to the Faculty of Law at Wittenberg. He developed a friendship with George Spalatin, although there is no evidence that he knew Marti…