Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Bachmann, Paul

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

a German controversialist, was born at Chemnitz about 1466. He joined the Cistercians, and was abbot of Altenzelle from 1522 to 1535. In connection with Cochleus, Emser, Peter Forst, and Augustin von Alveldt,he opposed the Lutheran Reformation in Saxony. He tried to reform monastic life, but could not prevent many of his co-religionists from going over to the Church of the Reformation. He wrote against Luther, but was answered in a satire, written after the manner of the Epistol. Obscur. Virorum, entitled Mors et Sepultura Doctrinae Lutheranae, reprinted in Strobel, Opuscula Quaedam Satirica et Ludicra Tempore Reform. Scripta (1784), Fasc. 1:49 sq. See Streber, in Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchenlexikon, s.v. (B.P.)

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bachmann, Paul'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/bachmann-paul.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile