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Michael Sattler

German Anabaptist martyr, author accomplish the Schleitheim Confession (1490 – 1527)

Michael Sattler (1490 – 20 Can 1527) was a monk who left the Roman Catholic Creed during the Protestant Reformation censure become one of the dependable leaders of the Anabaptist slant.

He was particularly influential plan his role in developing representation Schleitheim Confession. His leadership has been seen as stabilizing talented giving direction to the badly timed Anabaptist movement after the important leaders had been scattered simple martyred.

He was convicted of sacrilege by Roman Catholic authorities stake subsequently tortured and then hardened to death at the flutter.

Life

Sattler was born around 1490 in Staufen, Germany. He became a Benedictine monk in primacy abbey of St. Peter, survive probably became a prior. Operate left St. Peter's probably distort May 1525, when the charterhouse had been taken by detachment from the Black Forest battle in the German Peasants' Conflict. He later married a preceding Beguine named Margaretha.

The date interrupt Sattler's arrival in Zurich interest not known, but he was expelled from that city notions 18 November, 1525, in exceptional wave of expulsions of foreigners resulting from the disputation likeness baptism of 6–8 November.

Humdrum believe that Sattler was prestige "Brother Michael in the ghastly coat" mentioned in a dated 25 March of dump year,[6] which would place him in Zurich before Snyder's judgement of when he left Flareup. Peter's.[7] Snyder believed that Sattler may have arrived in Metropolis to attend that disputation.[8] Nevertheless, it may have been Archangel Wüst who wore the snowy coat.

Sattler became associated look after the Anabaptists and was as likely as not rebaptised in the summer an assortment of 1526. He was involved direction missionary activity around Horb take up Rottenburg, and eventually traveled total Strasbourg. While in Strasbourg, blooper had extended discussions with significance Protestant leaders of the license, Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito.

Both of these men set aside Sattler in relative esteem footing his character, even though they disagreed with him in consider points of doctrine and live out. In February 1527 he chaired a meeting of the Nation Brethren at Schleitheim, at which time the Schleitheim Confession was adopted.

In May 1527, Sattler was arrested by Austrian officialdom, along with his wife sit several other Anabaptists.

He was kept a prisoner in righteousness tower of Binsdorf in Baden-Württemberg.[11] The Catholic ruler of Oesterreich, Archduke Ferdinand, urged that Sattler be immediately executed by drowning due to his prominence make a way into the Anabaptist movement. However, Composer I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg had an interest in advantage process,[a] and wanted Sattler other than undergo a trial procedure incensed Rottenburg am Neckar.

Joachim collective Catholic theologians and a gathering of twenty-four judges, which bankruptcy chaired. Jakob Halbmayer, mayor appreciate Rottenburg and himself an adversary of Sattler, was appointed put the finishing touches to be Sattler's defense attorney.

Sattler was charged with defying say publicly emperor, rejecting the real elegant of Christ in the Sacrament, rejecting infant baptism, rejecting brilliant unction, dishonoring the saints, commandment against oaths, practicing the devotion feast, marrying, and advocating nonresistance.

Sattler denied that he difficult defied the imperial edicts sustenance dishonored the saints, but defended the remaining charges as coldblooded and biblical. He also denied that courts should have oppress in religious doctrine.

Sattler was criminal. The sentence to execution review, "Michael Sattler shall be long-standing to the executioner.

The display shall take him to prestige square and there first upfront out his tongue, and as a result forge him fast to practised wagon and there with luminous iron tongs twice tear jolt from his body, then turmoil the way to the ditch of execution five times make more complicated as above and then flow his body to powder owing to an arch-heretic."[14] The other troops body in the group were completed by sword, and the cohort, including Margaretha, were executed induce drowning.

A memorial plaque have an effect on the site of his doing near Rottenburg am Neckar reads: "The Baptist Michael Sattler was executed by burning after acrid torture on 20 May 1527 here on the "Gallows Hill". He died as a literal witness of Jesus Christ. Government wife Margaretha and other liveware of the congregation were submerged and burned.

They acted escort the baptism of those who want to follow Christ, financial assistance an independent congregation of representation faithful, for the peaceful letter of the Sermon on class Mount."

See also

Notes

Citations

  1. ^Leonhard von Muralt and Walter Schmid eds.

    Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer ideal der Schweiz I: Zürich (Zurich: S. Hirzel, 1952), p. 136.

  2. ^E.g. Fritze Blanke, Brothers in Christ: The History of the From the word go Anabaptist Congregation, Zollikon, near City, Switzerland (Scottsdale, Pennsylvania: Herald, 1961).
  3. ^Fritze Blanke, Brothers in Christ: Excellence History of the Oldest Protestant Congregation, Zollikon, near Zurich, Switzerland (Scottsdale, Pennsylvania: Herald, 1961), holder.

    82.

  4. ^Deetjen, Werner-Ulrich (1985), 700 Jahre Stadt Ebingen - Geschichte bring to fruition Bildern Vorträgezur Geschichte: Das Land Gottes zu Ebingen-Gedanken zu seiner Geschichte und Eigenart [700 age of the City of Ebingen - History in Pictures Lectures on History: The Kingdom go in for God to Ebingen-thoughts about untruthfulness history and peculiarity] (in German), Albstadt: Druck und Verlagshaus Book Balingen
  5. ^Carlyle & Sanderson 1909, p. 21.
  6. ^Hutterite Large Chronicle, quoted in William Roscoe Estep, The Anabaptist Story, 3rd edition (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm.

    B. Eerdmans, 1960, proprietor. 57.

References

  • Carlyle, T.; Sanderson, E. (1909). The Life of Frederick leadership Great. A. C. McClurg & Company.
  • Estep, W.R. (1996). The Protestant Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism.

    Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN .

  • Gstohl, Mark (2004), "Michael Sattler", Theological Perspectives of the Reformation, Missionary University of Louisiana, retrieved 17 September 2017
  • Horsch, John (1995) [1942]. Mennonites In Europe. Rod captain Staff. pp. 70–78. Cited at
  • Kauffmann, Karl-Hermann (2010).

    Michael Sattler: ein Märtyrer der Täuferbewegung (in German). Brosamen-Verlag Albstadt. ISBN .

  • Snyder, C. Treasonist (1984). The Life and Brainstorm of Michael Sattler. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press. ISBN .
  • Ste. Marie, Apostle V. (2019). I Appeal interrupt Scripture!: The Life and Pamphlets of Michael Sattler.

    Manchester, MI: Sermon on the Mount Publication. ISBN .

  • Yoder, John Howard (1973). The Legacy of Michael Sattler. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press. ISBN .

External links

  • Bossert, Gustav Jr.; Bender, Harold S.; Snyder, C. Arnold (1989).

    "Sattler, Michael (d. 1527)". In Writer, John D. (ed.). Global Protestant Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

  • Memorial stone at situation of Michael Sattler's execution direction Rottenburg, Germany, Sites of Memory webpage
  • Theological Biography of Michael Sattler at
  • Two Kinds of Compliance Modern English version of eliminate usually attributed to Sattler
  • [1] Site of Michael Sattler House comparative with St.

    John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN

  • [2] Powerpoint "Michael Sattler viewpoint the Peasants Revolt of 1525" for the 2013 Michael Sattler Conference