Faber, Johannes, 1478-1541

found: Dittrich, C. Die vortridentinische katholische Kontroverstheologie und die Täufer, c1991:t.p. (Fabri) p. 1, etc. (Johann Fabri; Johann Heigerlin; b. 1478; d. 5/21/1541)

found: New Catholic encycl.(Faber, Johannes; theologian, bishop, opponent of Luther and Zwingli; also known as Heigerlin; b. 1478; d. 5/21/1541)

found: Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 1956-1965(Fabri, Johannes; also known as Faber)

found: Allg. deut. Biogr, 1967:v. 14, p. 435 (Johannes Faber (Fabri; Heigerlin), Bischof von Wien; 1478-1541)

found: Wikipedia, December 8, 2020(Johann Faber; Johann Faber (1478--May 21, 1541) was a Catholic theologian known for his writings opposing the Protestant Reformation and the growing Anabaptist movement; he was born in Leutkirch, Swabia and studied theology and canon law at Tübingen and Freiburg in the Breisgau region and was made doctor of sacred theology in Freiburg; he eventually became minister of Lindau, Vicar-General of Constance in 1517, Chaplain and confessor to King Ferdinand I of Austria in 1524, and Bishop of Vienna in 1530; he died in Vienna in 1541)

found: Encyclopedian Dictionary, viewed online December 8, 2020(Johannes Faber (1478-1541); originally Johannes Heigerlin; German-Roman Catholic bishop and theologian, born at Leutkirch; in 1518 he became vicar-general to the Bishop of Constance, and papal prothonotary under Pope Leo X; in common with several of his friends, including the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, the German scholar Melanchthon and the Swiss theologian Huldreich Zwingli, he was at first a supporter of church reform; when the movement for reform developed into the Lutheran schism, however, Faber became one of its most formidable opponents; Emperor Ferdinand appointed him court preacher in 1526, and during the two succeeding years he represented the emperor in Spain and England; Faber played an important role in organizing the resistance to the invasions of the Turks, and in 1531 was consecrated Bishop of Vienna)