Balthasar hubmaier biography definition

German Anabaptist leader

Balthasar Hubmaier^[a] (1480 – 10 March 1528; Latin: Pacimontanus) was an influential German Anabaptist leader.

He was one of the most well-known and respected Anabaptist theologians of the Reformation.

Balthasar hubmaier biography definition

Early life and education

He was born in Friedberg, Bavaria, in 1480. Information on his parentage is lacking.

He attended Latin School at Augsburg, and entered the University of Freiburg on 1 May 1503.

Insufficient funds caused him to leave the university and teach for a time at Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He returned to Freiburg in 1507 and received both a bachelor's and a master's degree in 1511.

Balthasar hubmaier biography definition us history

In 1512, he received a doctor's degree from the University of Ingolstadt under John Eck,^[4] and became the university's vice-rector by 1515. Hubmaier's fame as a pulpiteer was widespread. He left the University of Ingolstadt for a pastorate of the Roman Catholic church at Regensburg in 1516.

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