Großer Nürnberger Ratschlag

Description

The so-called "Great Nuremberg Advice" is an expert opinion drawn up for the city of Nuremberg in December 1524. The document was to serve as the basis for a national council planned in Speyer, but ultimately forbidden by King Charles V (Roman-German king 1519-1556, emperor from 1530 onwards). Andreas Osiander (1498-1552), preacher at Saint Lawrence's church, is considered its main author. In addition, the Nuremberg council had entrusted the preachers of the Holy Spirit hospital and of the Sebaldus church, Thomas Venatorius (1488-1551) and Dominicus Schleupner (1483-1547), with the matter. The council attached great importance to answering the question of how to achieve an "unanimous", i.e. uniform, sermon. The "advice" is divided into three sections: the first is dedicated to Christian doctrine. In the second part, Osiander tries to prove that the pope is the antichrist. The third section contains a list of points for the planned national council. After the three preachers had presented the "advice", the final and decisive phase began in Nuremberg towards the definitive introduction of the Reformation. In March 1525, the "Nuremberg Dialogue on Religion" took place in the town hall between the representatives of the reformers and the "Old Believers". Shortly afterwards, the city banned Catholic masses, thus enforcing the Reformation in Nuremberg. Also in 1525, the three preachers put the "advice" to the press – but this without the knowledge of the Nuremberg city council. The printed version does not include the catalogue for the national council. Nonetheless, the second part about the pope as antichrist, which the council viewed critically, was also printed. Datum: 2016