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- Eck went on to write extensively in defense of papal authority and traditional doctrine. Traveling throughout Europe, he organized Roman Catholic opposition to German Protestantism, and he drafted the Catholic refutation (1530) of the Lutheran creed contained in the Augsburg Confession.
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Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the Counter-Reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important interlocutors and theological opponents.
As professor at Ingolstadt in Bavaria during the outbreak of the Reformation, John Eck would play a significant role in opposing Luther’s reform and winning Bavaria for the Catholic party.
Johann Eck was a German theologian who was Martin Luther’s principal Roman Catholic opponent. Early in his career Maier adopted the name of his home village, Egg (or Eck), as his surname. He studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Tübingen, Cologne, and Freiburg im Breisgau.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Early Life & Education
- Eck & Luther
- The Leipzig Debate
- Defender of The Faith
- Conclusion
Johann Eck was born Johann Maier von Eck in the village of Eck in Swabia, Bavaria in 1486. Nothing is known of his mother but his father, Michael Maier, was the town magistrate. His uncle, Martin Maier, was the parish priest at Rottenburg am Neckar and took the boy in to educate him. No reason is given for Eck’s move to his uncle’s house and there ...
Eck had embraced the philosophy of Humanism while in school at Tubingen and, at some point, (probably at Heidelberg) had met and become friends with the Humanist scholar and jurist Christoph von Scheurl (l. 1481-1542). In 1517, von Scheurl introduced Eck to Martin Luther, a professor at Wittenberg where von Scheurl had taught law. Von Scheurl no do...
The debate was set for June-July 1519 at Pleissenburg Castle in Leipzig and would be presided over by George, Duke of Saxony (r. 1500-1539), who supported Eck against the Reformation. Eck invited Luther to participate but still with the stipulation he could not engage in the debate with Karlstadt. Although Karlstadt argued well, Eck was the superio...
Eck was not foolish enough to believe the ex-communication would silence Luther and continued his attack in 1521 encouraging Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, to call the Diet of Wormsat which Luther was ordered to appear. Luther’s Speech at the Diet of Worms (known as the 'Here I Stand' speech) in April 1521 made his position clear and Eck appealed t...
Between 1530 and 1542, Eck continued his attacks on the Reformation movement while defending the authority and traditions of the Catholic Church. In 1542, a rumor circulated that he had died. Scholar Lyndal Roper comments: He died in early 1543. Luther, who would die three years later, seized on Eck’s sudden exit, which he suggested denied him the ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Johann Eck became Martin Luther’s most vocal critic. A master debater, Eck led the charge to vilify Luther as nothing more than another version of the reformer Jan Hus, who was unjustly condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as a heretic and burned at the stake in 1415 at the Council of Constance.
At one time a friend of Luther's, Johann Eck became Luther's staunchest adversary. Their debate in Leipzig proved to be a critical point in defining the authority and infallibility of the Pope and Scripture, the issue at the heart of the Reformation.
FACES OF THE REFORMATION. Staunch Defender of the Infallibility of the Pope and Luther’s Most Outspoken Adversary. J E. Johann Eck When Luther’s colleague Andreas Karlstadt attempted to defend Luther.
