Veit Erbermann

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Veit Erbermann (or Ebermann) (born on 25 May 1597 – died on 8 April 1675) was a German theologian and controversialist.^[1]

He was born at Rendweisdorff, in

and Scholastic theology, first at Mainz and afterwards at Würzburg. Subsequently he was appointed rector of the pontifical seminary at Fulda, which position he held for seven years.

His theological attainments and zeal for Catholicism brought him into conflict with many of the leading Reformers of his time. He watched with a keen interest what in

.

Works

His principal works are:

• "Anatomia Callixtina" (Mainz, 1644)
• "Irenicon Catholicum" (2 vols., Mainz, 1645–46), in which he examines critically the religious tenets of
  George Calixtus
• "Interrogationes apologeticae" (Würzburg, 1651)
• Examen Examinis Conringiani (Würzburg, 1644), an exposition of the infallibility of the Catholic Church against Hermann Conring
• "Anti-Musaeus, i.e. parallela Ecclessiae verae et falsae" (Würzburg, 1659)
• "Anti-Musaei pars altera" (Würzburg, 1661)
• "Asserta theologica de fide divina" (Würzburg, 1665).

References

• Lachenschmid, R. (2001), «Erbermann (Ebermann), Vitus», in Ch. E. O’Neill, sj & J. M. Domínguez, sj (dirs.), Diccionario Histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Biográfico-Temático. Roma-Madrid: Institutum Historicum S.I.–Universidad Pontificia Comillas, vol. II, p. 1.250.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Veit Erbermann". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.