Georgius Cassander’s 'De officio pii viri' (1561): Critical edition with contemporary French and German translations

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Georgius Cassander’s 'De officio pii viri' (1561)

Critical edition with contemporary French and German translations

Edited by: Rob van de Schoor and Guillaume H. M. Posthumus Meyjes

Volume 134 in the series Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110485318

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About this book

The printing history of perhaps the most influential tract in the history of irenicism (church reunification), Georgius Cassander's De officio pii viri, in 1561 presented at the Colloquy at Poissy, together with an overview of its afterlife and the numerous reactions it provoked, both by Protestants and Roman Catholics, will contribute to our understanding of the history of erasmian humanist irenicism.

Two contemporary translations, one in German by Georg von Cell and one in French by Jean Hotman, show us how De officio pii viri was adapted to the ongoing struggle for church peace in different parts of Europe, a struggle that was led by jurists and theologians, outstanding members of the Republic of Letters, who were able to spread their ideas by their large epistolary networks.

The life story of De officio pii viri highlights the birth, expansion and failure of ideas; how they profit from the support of the mighty and how they fail when opposed by the uncompromising: those who think they speak in the name of God.

Author / Editor information

Rob van de Schoor, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands and G.H.M. Posthumus Meyjes (†).

Reviews

"In sum, the whole book is a wellproduced and valuable source for advanced students and researchers working on the Reformations; it includes detailed footnotes and a bibliography."
Elizabeth Tingle in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History 69 (2018), 173-174

"Ein Grundlagenwerk für alle, die über die Konflikt- und die Friedenspotentiale religiöser Wahrheitsbehauptungen in der Geschichte reflektieren und sich für Zwischentöne jenseits der konfessionellen ,Mainstreams‘ in der europäischen Frühneuzeit interessieren."
Peter Arnold Heuser in: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 81 (2017), S. 331

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table Of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Conspectus siglorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
De officio pii viri / Le debvoir de l’homme de bien / Wie sich ein yeder Gottsfürchtiger … halten soll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
On the duty of the pious believer, the true lover of public peace during the present religious disunity within the Church Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
The Afterlife of De officio pii viri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
A Closer Examination of some Editions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
General index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German, French
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historians of Reformation Studies, Humanism, Church History, Neo-Latin Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 296
Keywords: 16th-century irenicism; colloquy at Poissy; humanism; reformation

eBook

Published: September 12, 2016
ISBN: 9783110485318

Hardcover

Published: September 12, 2016
ISBN: 9783110481983