Lot 44 Jacob Reihing. Muri Civitatis Sanctae Hoc …

Muri Civitatis Sanctae Hoc est Religionis Catholicae Fundamenta XII. Quibus insistens Ser.mus Princeps Wolfgangus Wilhelmus Comes Palatinus Rheni ... Mit gestochenem Titelblatt. Colonia Agrippina, Kinckius, 1615. 4 Bll., 315 S., 2 Bll. 4°. Pergament d. Zt,. mit handschriftl. Rückentitel

Theologie

Alte Drucke, Bibeln, Klassische Autoren in den Originalsprachen – Erste Ausgabe. - VD17 12:113363D - de Backer-S. VI, 1627. - Reihing war einer der aktivsten Vertreter der Gegenreformation gewesen und hatte eine wichtige Rolle beim erst heimlichen Übertritt des Grafen Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg zum Katholizismus gespielt. "als Wolfgang Wilhelm am 23. Mai 1614 in Düsseldorf offen zum Katholicismus übertrat, ertheilte ihm R. die Firmung, hielt auch Nachmittags eine berühmte Predigt über die wahren Kennzeichen der Kirche, wie er denn in der Schrift Muri civitatis anctae den Uebertritt des Herzogs zu rechtfertigen versuchte. Die Schrift erregte durch ihre Klarheit und Bündigkeit, noch mehr aber durch die Veranlassung, der sie ihre Entstehung verdankte, ziemliches Aufsehen. Umso größer die Überraschung, als Reihing seinerseits 1621 zur evangelischen Kirche konvertierte. - Bis zu seinem Tode 1628 wurde er von seinen ehemaligen Ordensbrüdern heftig bekämpft, aber sie versuchten auch bis zu seinem Tode, ihn wieder für ihre Seite zu gewinnen " (ADB 27, S. 698-700). - Kleine Notiz u. kl. Läsur am Titeloberrand, insgesamt gutes, saubereres Exemplar.

Prints before 1600, Bibles, Classics in Original Languages – Theology. - Reihing had been one of the most active proponents of the Counter-Reformation and had played a key role in Count Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg's initial secret conversion to Catholicism. "When Wolfgang Wilhelm openly converted to Catholicism in Düsseldorf on 23 May 1614, R. administered his confirmation and also delivered a famous sermon that afternoon on the true marks of the Church, as he had attempted to justify the Duke's conversion in his treatise *Muri civitatis anctae*. The treatise caused quite a stir due to its clarity and conciseness, but even more so because of the circumstances that led to its writing. The surprise was all the greater when Reihing himself converted to the Protestant Church in 1621. - Until his death in 1628, he was fiercely opposed by his former fellow monks, yet they also tried, right up until his death, to win him back to their side" (ADB 27, pp. 698-700). - Small mark and slight tear at the top edge of the title page, overall a good, clean copy. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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