The Heidelberg Disputation was held at the lecture hall of the
Augustinian order
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in
Heidelberg
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, Germany on April 26, 1518. It was here that
Martin Luther
Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...
, as a delegate for his order, began to have occasion to articulate his views. In the defense of his theses, which culminated in a contrast between divine love and human love, Luther defended the doctrine of human depravity and the bondage of the will.
Martin Bucer
Martin Bucer (; Early German: ; 11 November 1491– 28 February 1551) was a German Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg who influenced Lutheran, Anglican doctrines and practices as well as Reformed Theology. Bucer was originally a memb ...
, the reformer of
Strasbourg
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, heard Luther here and became an avid follower. This disputation also led to
Johann Eck
Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and opponent of Martin Luther.
Life
Johann Eck was born Johann Maier at Eck (later Egg, near M ...
's challenging Martin Luther to the
Leipzig Debate.
28 theses
The Heidelberg 28 theses were the basis of the disputation and represented a significant evolution from the
95 theses of the previous year from a simple dispute about the theology behind indulgences to a fuller, Augustinian theology of sovereign grace.
Observers
File:Martin Bucer.png, Martin Bucer
File:Erhard Schnepf (RB23-07).jpg, Erhard Schnepf
File:Johann-Brenz.jpg, Johannes Brenz
See also
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Theology of the Cross
The theology of the Cross (, ) or staurology (from Greek , and ''- logy'': ) is a term coined by the German theologian Martin Luther to refer to theology that posits "the cross" (that is, divine self-revelation) as the only source of knowledge ...
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