Hieronymus Dungersheim

Jerome Dungersheim called Ochsenfart (* April 22, 1465 in Ochsenfurt, † March 2, 1540 in Leipzig ) was a German theologian. He was professor of theology in Leipzig and the Catholics opponent of Luther.

Dungersheim attended from 1479 the cathedral school in Würzburg. In 1484 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig. 1485, he earned the first degree of bachelor of arts. 1489 he received his doctorate and received the degree of Master of Arts.

1495 received Hieronymus then in Würzburg ordination and Sententiar was at the theological faculty of Leipzig. He also was appointed as a preacher to Chemnitz. In 1496 he earned a licentiate in Cologne.

1501 he was appointed preacher at St. Mary's Church in Zwickau. In 1504 he received the degree of Doctor of Theology at the University of Siena. In the winter semester 1504/ 05 he took up teaching in Leipzig again and was accepted in 1506 as a member of the theological faculty. 1508 was Dungersheim Vice-Chancellor and in the summer semester 1510 Rector of the University of Leipzig.

Works

• De modo discendi et docendi ad populum sacra seu de modo prædicandi ( 1513)
• Erzeigung the falsity of the Lutheran coments about the seventh chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthern. Leipzig 1531.
• From worheit of fegfeurs wyder the Luther / Hieronimus of Ochsenfart. Leyptzk: Schumann, 1531.
• At the verleuckenden priest Alexium Crosner of Colditz. Leipzig 1532.
• Writings against Luther Theorismata Duodecim Contra Lutherum, Articuli Immersive Libelli Triginta. Newly published by Theobald Freudenberger. Münster: 1987 ISBN 3402034530.