Images of protestant leaders should also be prohibited by authorities
Year mention: 1617
Subject:
heretic leaders ; Luther, Martin ; Melanchton
Conflict:
Heretical image
Lutheran
Criticism:

The images of protestant reformers and other heretics, like Martin Luther, should be prohibited

Agent:
Molanus, Johannes
Frostispiece of Molanus, De historia sanctarum imaginum et picturarum (1617), Antwerp, Gasparus Bellerus
Frontispiece of Molanus, De historia sanctarum imaginum et picturarum (1617), Antwerp, Gasparus Bellerus
Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek — Th H 1475. Digital Reproduction: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 2015.

Molanus argues that images of protestant reformers and other heritical figures should be prohibited by authorities.

I would add that the rigour of ecclesiastical discipline will not be excessive if the possession of portraits of such heresiarchs as Luther, Melanchthon and the like should also be prohibited.

“Hoc praeterea adiicio, non mihi videri nimium fore disciplinae ecclesiasticae rigorem, si etiam effigies haeresiarcharum, ut, Lutheri, Melanchthonis ac similium, haberi prohibeantur.”

Quoted Authorities

Council of Trent, regala 2. Deuteronomy, 7.

Keywords
hereticism, Protestantism, worldly authorities

Terminology
effigies haeresiarcharum
Date mention
1617

Historical Location
Leuven

Source
Molanus, De historia sanctarum imaginum et picturarum (1617), book 2, ch. 2, 37
Literature

Molanus 1996, 127.

Permanent Link
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