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Johann von Staupitz OSA (c. 1460 – 28 December 1524) was a German Catholic priest and theologian, university preacher, [1] and Vicar General of the Augustinian friars in Germany, [2] who supervised Martin Luther during a critical period in his spiritual life. Martin Luther himself remarked, "If it had not been for Dr. Staupitz, I should have ...
Johann von Staupitz was the vicar-general of the German Augustinians during the revolt against the Roman Catholic church led by Martin Luther, of whom, for a time, he was teacher, patron, and counselor. From 1483 to 1489 Staupitz studied at the universities of Cologne and Leipzig, becoming an.
Johann von Staupitz OESA/OSB war ein katholischer, reformorientierter Theologe, der vor allem als Förderer und Beichtvater des jungen Martin Luther bekannt ist.
Staupitz is best known for his supervision and pastoral advice to Martin Luther, when Luther was an Augustinian friar. In his theology, Staupitz represented a form of late medieval Augustinianism that separated him from nominalist theologians like Gabriel Biel, who Luther studied, and the Augustinianism of the Protestant reformers.
During his time as Luther’s supervisor in the Augustinian order, Johann von Staupitz had a direct influence upon his spiritual and theological development and Luther later attributed much to his former monastic superior.
STAUPITZ, JOHANN VON. Vicar-general of the German Augustinians at the time of Martin luther's revolt and personal counselor of Luther; b. probably at Motterwitz, near Leisnig, 1468 – 69; d. Salzburg, Austria, Dec. 28, 1524. There is little certain knowledge about his early years.
Johann von Staupitz was the Vicar General of German Augustinian Observantine houses, of which the Augustinian community at the University of Wittenberg was one. At the time Luther was struggling with the need to confess completely everything he had ever done wrong, and at Wittenberg found Staupitz to be a patient, sympathetic and practical ...
