Berchtold Haller

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Berchtold Haller

Berchtold Haller (c. 1492 – 25 February 1536) was a German

Protestant reformer. He was the reformer of the city of Bern, Switzerland
, where the Reformation received little to none opposition.

Haller was born at

church of St Vincent
in 1515. In 1520 he became a canon and the people's priest.

Even before his acquaintance with

Niklaus Manuel a great force.[1]
Zwingli became his friend and adviser and they began a lively exchange of letters.

In 1526, Haller participated in the disputation of Baden, and in 1528 in the Bern Disputation, which resulted in the Bernese Reformation edict on 7 February 1528 in which Bern officially decided for the Reformation.

Zwingli's 1531 death brought the Reformation in Bern to a crisis, to which the city council reacted by calling the first Bernese Synod with 200 participants. Haller was especially concerned as Zwingli's successor Heinrich Bullinger was unable to attend. However, he received strong support from Wolfgang Capito who arrived in Bern shortly before the opening of the Synod.

In 1532 Haller became the leader of the Reformed Church of Bern. He was in contact with

Calvinist
Reformation and Zürich.

He died in Bern, leaving no writings except a few letters which are preserved in Zwingli's works.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Haller, Berthold". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 856.

External links

Further reading

  • Donald Hasler et al.: Berchtold Haller, 1494-1536. Synodalrat des Synodalverbandes Bern-Jura, Bern 1994 (German)
  • Dan Lee Hendricks: The Bern Reformation of 1528 : the preacher's vision, the people's work, an occasion of state. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International 1978
  • Carl Pestalozzi: Berchtold Haller, Elberfeld 1861 (German)
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