Joachim Westphal (of Hamburg)

Joachim Westphal
Joachim Westphal
	Joachim Westphal
Born	1510; Hamburg
Died	16 January 1574 (aged 63–64); Hamburg
Nationality	German
Education	University of Wittenberg
Occupation	Theologian
Notable work	Farrago confusanearum et inter se dissidentium opinionum de coena Domini, ex Sacramentariorum libris congesta
	Theological work
Tradition or movement	Gnesio-Lutheran

Joachim Westphal (born at

Protestant reformer

.

From 1571 to 1574 he served as Superintendent of Hamburg (per pro already since 1562), presiding as spiritual leader over the Lutheran state church of the city-state.

He was educated in the school of the

superintendent

in 1562, and was elected Superintendent of Hamburg in 1571.

He is best known for his participation in the theological controversies of his time. He took part in that on the

1 Cor. 11 and the Words of Institution

; in 1555 Collectanea sententiarum D. Aurelii Augustini de coena Domini and Fides Cyrilli episcopi Alexandriae de praesentia corporis et sanguinis Christi.

Gallus, Flacius, Judex, Brenz, and Andreä. Westphal replied to Calvin in Adversus cuiusdam sacramentarii falsam criminationem iusta defensio, in qua et eucharistiae causa agitur (1555), to which Calvin answered in Secunda defensio piae et orthodoxae de sacramentis fidei (1556), which was an attempt to draw to his side the Philippists of Saxony and Lower Germany.^[1]

Other works of Westphal occasioned by this controversy are: Epistola Joachimi Westphali, qua breviter respondet ad convicia J. Calvini (1556); Confessio fidei de eucharistiae sacramento, in qua ministri ecclesiarum Saxoniae...astruunt corporis et sanguinis D. n. J. Christi praesentiam in coena sancta, et de libro Calvini ipsis dedicato respondent (Magdeburg, 1557); Justa defensio adversus insignia mendacia J. a Lasco, quae in epistola ad Poloniae regem contra Saxonicas ecclesias sparsit (1557); Apologetica scripta Johannis Westphali, quibus et sanam doctrinam de eucharistia defendit et foedissimas calumnias sacramentariorum diluit (1558); Confutatio aliquot enormium mendaciorum Johannis Calvini (1558); Apologia confessionis de Coena Domini (1558). This book contains a chapter "De adoratione Christi in Eucharistia", where he defends

consecration.^[2]

References

^ Janse, Wim. Joachim Westphal’s Sacramentology (PDF).
^ Venerabilis et adorabilis Eucharistia by Tom G A Hardt, p. 249. Uppsala 1971, Studia doctrinae christianae upsaliensia.

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External links

The Calumnies of Joachim Westphal by John Calvin
The Eucharistic Controversies. Calvin and Westphal. History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII (
CCEL
)
Joachim Westphal in the Christian Cyclopedia

Titles in Lutheranism
Joachim Westphal Born: 1510 or 1511 in Hamburg Died: 16 January 1574 in Hamburg
Vacant Title last held by Paul von Eitzen	Superintendent of Hamburg for the Lutheran State Church serving per pro already since 1562 1571–1574	Succeeded by Cyriacus Simon

[1] Janse, Wim. Joachim Westphal’s Sacramentology (PDF).

[2] Venerabilis et adorabilis Eucharistia by Tom G A Hardt, p. 249. Uppsala 1971, Studia doctrinae christianae upsaliensia.

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