Matthias Tanner

Mathias Tanner SJ (* February 28, 1630 in Pilsen, Bohemia, † February 8, 1692 in Prague) was a Bohemian Catholic priest, theologian and religious historian. At times, he was rector of the Charles University in Prague.

Life

At sixteen, Tanner joined the Society of Jesus on 23 September 1646. After the orden conventional studies he taught for ten years in philosophy and theology ( dogmatics and exegesis ) in Prague. He was also from 1672 to 1675 rector magnificus of the university. From 1676-1679 and 1686-1689, he was Provincial of the Province of Bohemia, which at that time required a lot of diplomatic skill. In this time negotiations were both with Rome and Vienna with regard to the censorship law of the bishops on the writings of universities in Bohemia; a right that is complaining Tanner for the Jesuit Order. Tanner himself was frequently employed as a censor, as shown by library entries. ;

He also was a director of the monastic house in Prague and the theological education.

With the Leipzig Superintendent Elias Wins mouth Reinhard Tanner delivered a fierce polemic about the nature of transubstantiation and the necessity of celibacy, which also Abbot Macarius Vincent Franck of the Premonstratensian Strahov ( entered in whose monastery Fromm later) was involved. This was due to the conversion of the Lutheran pastor and composer Andreas Fromm in 1668 with his entire family in the Jesuit church in Prague. After the acquisition of the (Catholic) Lizenziates Fromm was ordained a priest and was given the post of canon. Fromm's apologia from 1668 Andreae pious. The H. Scriptures licentiate / The Sr. Elector. Highness of Brandenburg 10 years ministered as Consistorial -Rath / (...) Wiederkehrung to Catholischen churches considered that, he Historiam the motives and the pressure to give necessary had a flood of pamphlets in hearty language on all sides the result. Can be at the titles of the headings read the intensive examination, stood at the Tanner as senior Jesuit in the crossfire:

Elias Sigismund Reinhart (...) to write in Leipzig public drained Report To (...) Vincentium Macarium (...) because unifier Unwarheit so Licentiat Andreas Fromm ( ... ) does not geschewet ( ...) (... ) was supplemented by the Ferriere statement Duly the most recent case report on (...) Mr. Vincentium Macarium (...) As the Transsubstantiations - Or Brod Wandelungs argument which in abgewichnen years Messrs. Jesuit Auff the University of Prage P. Matthias Tanner ( ... ) So probably Wenceslaus P. Zimmermann ( ... ) In your client and Newen Scholarn beech, L [ & c. ] From Mens called Wiederkehrung with your censorship held before even agreeable, to Behelff of the Jews, Türcken, Arians and Socinians could serve.

Countering Tanner wrote conversisticus the Dialogus; this answered Reinhart with the nearly hundred -page letter " response to the post ": Elias Sigismund Reinhart's The Holy Scriptures Doctors, Professors, and Superintendentens In Leipzig answer auff the post to Mr. Father Matthias Tannern from the Societät JH S. Theologiae Doctorn, and Professorn bey the University of Prage Auff Meanwhile, recently sent out letters about the bey post: Sampt of several so continued about the same with added Anmerckungen. Then Fromm replied in agreement with Tanner: Evil Post counterclaim concerning Doctor Reinhart Leipzig response to the post office to Mr. P. Matthiam Tannerum ( ...): That he namely in such otherwise of words allegatis, namely ostentation richer / of reasons but and Nervis gantz poor Scriptures contradict Lic pious a Hauffen lies ( ... ) außschütte; Dabey is as displayed will also because of similarity of the matters what a Hauffen lies Jacobus Ludovicus putting forward in his letter printed transmission and how he and Reinhart in lies contradict each other.

As part of the Counter-Reformation Tanner wrote more writings on the Eucharist ( Cruentum Christ sacrificium ). He also initiated the pilgrimage to the " Mount of Olives " in Štramberk ( Kotouč u Štramberka ).

Mathias Tanner died on 8 February 1692 in Prague. His contemporaries described him as a man of ardent piety and attractive.

Importance are Tanners biographical representations of religious history that appeared in splendidly decorated with illustrations volumes. These representative writings are in Latin, Greek, the writings of popular devotion but also partly in German and Czech language.

Works (selection)

  • Cruentum Christ's sacrifice of the Mass in incruento sacrificio explicatum. Seu practice, submissive Missam celebrandi, & audiendi ad Singula Passionis Christ Mysteria accommodata, & variis piis affectibus adornata. Prague 1666. Digitalisat
  • Hora Olivet. 1666, re-edited by Jan Malura; Host, Brno 2001.
  • Dialogus conversisticus. Prague 1669
  • Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitæ profusionem militant, Europe, Africa, Asia, et America, contar Gentiles, Mahometanos, Judaeos, Hæreticos, (...) Immersive vita, mors et eorum qui ex Societate Jesus in causa fidei, & virtutis propugnatæ, violenta morte dead baskets sublati sunt. In Societas Jesu usque ad mortem sudorem et pro salute Proximi laborans. Prague o.J. (1685 ).
  • Societas Jesu Apostolorum Imitatrix, seu gesta praeclara et eorum qui è virtutes societate Jesus in procuranda salute animarum (...) per totum Orbem terrarum speciali zelo desudarunt. Typis Universitatis Carolo Ferdinandeae, Pragae 1694th
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