See also:

• FLACIUS (Ger. Flack; Slay. Vlakich), MATTHIAS (1520-1575)

FLACIUS (Ger. Flack; Slay. Vlakich), See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

MATTHIAS (1520-1575)  , surnamed ILLYxicus, Lutheran reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Albona, in See also:

• ILLYRIA

Illyria, on the 3rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1520 . Losing his See also:

• FATHER

father in childhood, he was in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years self-educated, and made himself able to profit by the instructions of the humanist, Baptista Egnatius in See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventeen he decided to join a monastic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, with a view to sacred learning . His intention was diverted by his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, Baldo Lupetino, provincial of the See also:

• FRANCISCANS (otherwise called Friars Minor, or Minorites; also the Seraphic Order ; and in England Grey Friars, from the colour of the habit, which, however, is now brown rather than grey)

Franciscans, in sympathy with the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation, who induced him to enter on a university career, from 1539, at See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel, See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen and See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg . Here he was welcomed (1541) by See also:

• MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon, being well introduced from Tubingen, and here he came under the decisive See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther . In 1544 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew at Wittenberg . He married in the autumn of 1545, Luther taking See also:

• PART

part in the festivities . He took his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's degree on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1546, ranking first among the graduates . Soon he was prominent in the theological discussions of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, opposing strenuously the "See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg See also:

• INTERIM

Interim," and the See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise of Melanchthon known as the " See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig Interim " (see AD1APHORISTS) . Melanchthon wrote of him with venom as a renegade (" aluimus in sinu serpentem "), and Wittenberg became too hot for him . He removed to See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg (Nov . 9, 1551), where his See also:

• FEUD

feud with Melanchthon was patched up .

On the 17th of May 1557 he was appointed professor of New Testament See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at See also:

• JENA

Jena; but was soon involved in controversy with Strigel, his colleague, on the synergistic question (See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• FUNCTION

function of the will in See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion) . Affirming the natural inability of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, he unwittingly See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into expressions consonant with the Manichaean view of See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin, as not an See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident of human nature, but involved in its substance, since the Fall . Resisting ecclesiastical censure, he See also:

• LEFT

left Jena (Feb . 1562) to found an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy at See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg . The project was not successful, and in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1566 he accepted a See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call from the Lutheran community at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp . Thence he was driven (Feb . 1567) by the exigencies of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and betook himself to See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort, where the authorities set their faces against him . He proceeded to See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, was well received by the See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent Marbach, and hoped he had found an See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum . But here also his religious views stood in his way; the authorities eventually ordering him to leave the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city by May-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day 1573 . Again betaking himself to Frankfort, the prioress, Catharina von Meerfeld, of the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Ladies, harboured him and his See also:

• FAMILY

family in despite of the authorities . He fell See also:

• ILL

ill at the end of 1574; the city See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council ordered him to leave by Mayday 1575; but See also:

• DEATH

death released him on the 11th of March 1575 . His first wife, by whom he had twelve See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, died in 1564; in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he remarried and had further issue .

His son See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias was professor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

• ROSTOCK

Rostock . Of a See also:

• LIFE

life so tossed about the See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit was indeed remarkable . His polemics we may pass over; he stands at the See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain-See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the scientific study of See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church See also:

• HISTORY

history, and—if we except, a See also:

• GREAT

great exception, the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• LAURENTIUS, PAUL (1554-1624)

Laurentius See also:

• VALLA, LORENZO, or LAURENTIUS (c. 1406-1457)

Valla—of See also:

• HERMENEUTICS (Gr. Epµ-qvevrtKri, sc. 7E)(141, Lat. ars hermeneutica, from Epianvevety, to interpret, from Hermes, the messenger of the gods)

hermeneutics also . No doubt his impelling See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive was to prove popery to be built on See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad history and bad exegesis . Whether that be so or not, the extirpation of bad history and bad exegesis is now See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt to be of equal See also:

• INTEREST

interest to all religionists . Hence the permanent and continuous value of the principles embodied in See also:

• FLACIUS (Ger. Flack; Slay. Vlakich), MATTHIAS (1520-1575)

Flacius' Catalogus testium veritatis (1556; revised edition by J . C . Dietericus, 1672) and his Clavis scripturae sacrae (1567), followed by his Glossa compendiaria in N . Testamentum (1570) . His characteristic See also:

• FORMULA
• FORMULA (Lat. diminutive of forma, shape, pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)

formula," historia est fundamentum doctrinae," is better understood now than in his own day . See J . B .

See also:

• RITTER, HEINRICH (1791-1869)
• RITTER, KARL (1779–1859)

Ritter, Flacius's Leben u . See also:

• TOD, JAMES (1782-1835)

Tod (1725); M . Twesten,M . Flacius Illyricus (1844); W . Preger, M . Flacius Illyricus u. See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Zeit (1859—1861); G . Kawerau, in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopadie (1899) . (A .