Lunchtime Seminar – ‘Matthias Flacius – a radical Lutheran’

‘Matthias Flacius – a radical Lutheran’

Professor Volker Stümke is Professor Emeritus at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at IASH working on an “Analysis of the Adiaphoristic Controversy (1548-1555) in Peace Ethics perspective”.

His paper on the Radical Lutheran Matthias Flacius Illyricus explores in-depth Flacius’ shifting response to the controversial Augsburg Interim – a period following the defeat of the Lutheran alliance of the Schmalkaldic League when the Lutheran Church faced new restrictions and seemed to many to be threatened with re-Catholicisation – and his growing dispute with Philipp Melanchthon.

Highlighting fundamental themes of law and religious freedom it provides a new perspective on this crucial period of the Reformation through the lens of peace ethics.

We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive attendee experience.

• All rooms at New College are accessible with the exception of the Senate Room and the Baillie Room which do not have step-free access.
• In line with fire safety regulations attendees using a wheelchair must be able to self-transfer to an evac chair in order to safely evacuate the building.
• The following rooms in New College are equipped with a Hearing Loop system:
  Martin Hall, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture room, Althaus Reid room

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The event will take place at New College on the Mound. Please access via the main gated entrance.

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Senate Room, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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