Leipzig Disputation (1519)

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The Leipzig Disputation (1519) was a pivotal theological debate in early Reformation Germany, chiefly between Johann Eck and Martin Luther’s circle, that sharpened the break with the Catholic Church over papal authority and church tradition.

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instanceOf event in the Protestant Reformation
religious controversy
theological disputation
hasAlternativeName Leipzig Disputation (1519)
surface form: Leipzig Debate

Leipzig Disputation (1519)
surface form: Leipziger Disputation
hasConsequence increased tension between Luther and Rome
linked Martin Luther with Jan Hus
questioned authority of church tradition
questioned papal infallibility
sharpened break with the Catholic Church
strengthened Luther’s opposition to papal authority
hasCountry Germany
hasDebatedIssue supremacy of Scripture over church tradition
whether Jan Hus’s teachings were heretical
whether church councils can err
whether the Pope can err
hasDebatedPerson Jan Hus
hasEndDate 1519-07-16
hasHistoricalSignificance clarified Lutheran positions on authority
marked a decisive step toward formal schism
hasLanguage Latin
hasLocation Electorate of Saxony
Holy Roman Empire
Leipzig
hasMainParticipant Andreas Karlstadt
Johann Eck
Martin Luther
Philip Melanchthon
hasOpponent Andreas Karlstadt
Johann Eck
Martin Luther
hasRegion Saxony
hasStartDate 1519-06-27
hasTopic authority of church councils
doctrine of indulgences
justification
nature of the Church
papal authority
penance
primacy of the Pope
purgatory
scriptural authority
heldAt Pleissenburg Castle
isPartOf Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
organizedBy Duke George of Saxony
precedes Diet of Worms
surface form: Diet of Worms (1521)

papal bull Exsurge Domine
surface form: Exsurge Domine papal bull
tookPlaceDuring pontificate of Pope Leo X
reign of Emperor Maximilian I

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Philip Melanchthon participantIn Leipzig Disputation (1519)
Johann Eck participantIn Leipzig Disputation (1519)
this entity surface form: Leipzig Debate
Leipzig Disputation (1519) hasAlternativeName Leipzig Disputation (1519)
this entity surface form: Leipzig Debate
Leipzig Disputation (1519) hasAlternativeName Leipzig Disputation (1519)
this entity surface form: Leipziger Disputation
Lutheran Reformation hasKeyEvent Leipzig Disputation (1519)
this entity surface form: Leipzig Debate