Wolfgang Capito
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| - | '''Wolfgang Fabricius Capito''' (or '''Köpfel''') ([[1478 AD|1478]] – November 1541) was a [[Germans|German]] religious reformer. | + | '''Wolfgang Fabricius Capito''' (or '''Köpfel''') ([[1478 AD|1478]] – November [[1541 AD|1541]]) was a [[Germans|German]] religious reformer. |
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Capito was born circa 1478 to a smith at [[Hagenau]] in [[Alsace]]. He attended the famous [[Latin school in Pforzheim]].<sup>[1]</sup> | Capito was born circa 1478 to a smith at [[Hagenau]] in [[Alsace]]. He attended the famous [[Latin school in Pforzheim]].<sup>[1]</sup> | ||
| - | He was educated for the medical profession but also studied [[law]]. He received a doctorate in theology at [[University of Freiburg Faculty of Theology|Freiburg]].<sup>[1]</sup> Having joined the [[Benedictines]], taught for some time at Freiburg. He acted for three years as pastor in [[Bruchsal]]. | + | He was educated for the medical profession but also studied [[law]]. He received a doctorate in theology at [[University of Freiburg Faculty of Theology|Freiburg]].<sup>[1]</sup> Having joined the [[Benedictines]], taught for some time at Freiburg. He acted for three years as pastor in [[Bruchsal]]. In 1516 he became cathedral preacher of [[Basel Minster]].<sup>[1]</sup> |
In 1519 he removed to [[Mainz]] at the request of Albrecht, [[Archbishop of Mainz|archbishop of that city]], who soon made him his chancellor. In 1523 he settled at [[Strasbourg]], where he remained until his death in November 1541. He had found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the new religion with the old, and from 1524 was one of the leaders of the reformed faith in Strasbourg. He took a prominent part in the earlier ecclesiastical transactions of the 16th century, was present at the second conference of [[Zürich]] and at the conference of [[Marburg]], and along with [[Martin Bucer]] drew up the ''Confessio Tetrapolitana''. | In 1519 he removed to [[Mainz]] at the request of Albrecht, [[Archbishop of Mainz|archbishop of that city]], who soon made him his chancellor. In 1523 he settled at [[Strasbourg]], where he remained until his death in November 1541. He had found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the new religion with the old, and from 1524 was one of the leaders of the reformed faith in Strasbourg. He took a prominent part in the earlier ecclesiastical transactions of the 16th century, was present at the second conference of [[Zürich]] and at the conference of [[Marburg]], and along with [[Martin Bucer]] drew up the ''Confessio Tetrapolitana''. | ||
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Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (or Köpfel) (1478 – November 1541) was a German religious reformer.
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His life and work
Capito was born circa 1478 to a smith at Hagenau in Alsace. He attended the famous Latin school in Pforzheim.[1]
He was educated for the medical profession but also studied law. He received a doctorate in theology at Freiburg.[1] Having joined the Benedictines, taught for some time at Freiburg. He acted for three years as pastor in Bruchsal. In 1516 he became cathedral preacher of Basel Minster.[1]
In 1519 he removed to Mainz at the request of Albrecht, archbishop of that city, who soon made him his chancellor. In 1523 he settled at Strasbourg, where he remained until his death in November 1541. He had found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the new religion with the old, and from 1524 was one of the leaders of the reformed faith in Strasbourg. He took a prominent part in the earlier ecclesiastical transactions of the 16th century, was present at the second conference of Zürich and at the conference of Marburg, and along with Martin Bucer drew up the Confessio Tetrapolitana.
Capito was always more concerned for the "unity of the spirit" than for dogmatic formularies, and from his endeavours to conciliate the Lutheran and Zwinglian parties in regard to the sacraments, he seems to have incurred the suspicions of his own friends; while from his intimacy with Martin Cellarius and other divines of the Socinian school he drew on himself the charge of Arianism.
In 1532 Capito married Wibrandis Rosenblatt, the widow of Oecolampadius. After Wolfgang Capito's death, she married Martin Bucer.
Capito died in Strasbourg.
Works
His principal works were:
- Institutionum Hebraicarum libri duo;
- Enarrationes in Habacuc et Hoseam Prophetas;
- a life of Oecolampadius and an account of the synod of Berne (1532);
- a Greek version of the Iliad in which he refers to himself as volfivs cephalaevs or wolfius cephalaeus
See also
References
- 1. Rummel, Erika (2000). The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany. ISBN 9780195350333.
