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Between 27 June and 15 July 1519, a dispute took place between Johannes Eck (1486-1543), Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt (1486-1541) on the Leipzig Pleißenburg. Beforehand, Luther's theses on indulgences and Eck's criticism thereof had caused a controversy which had become ever more pointed between Eck and the two representatives from Wittenberg. During the dispute, the issue of the valid ecclesiastical authorities became increasingly dominant. Luther had formulated shortly before the disputation the theory that the papal primacy was founded not on divine but rather on human right. In this volume printed in Erfurt in 1519 an eyewitness records the proceedings of the Leipzig disputation. The themes being discussed were free will, penance, purgatory as well as indulgences. In the centre of the debate stood, however, papal supremacy - which according to Luther could not be substantiated with the help of Holy Scripture - as well as the authority of the Church Councils. Eck continued to put Luther under pressure until he expressed the opinion that among the articles of the Bohemian reformer Jan Hus (c.1370-1415) were at least some that were "good and Christian". The Council of Constance (Konstanzer Konzil, 1414-1418) had sentenced Hus to death. Further, Eck prompted Luther to declare that a Council was not infallible and had already erred in the past. Hence, the accusation of heresy was possible. Datum: 2016
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Bettina Dankesreiter