Life of the Famous Antonius Corvinus

Preface concerning the life of M. Ant. Corvinus

,,The Landgrave of Hesse had surrendered him to Duke
,,Henry the Elder Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1489–1568), a staunch opponent of the Reformation, though Corvinus was sent to help implement it in other regions. in order to
,,bring about the Reformation. Master Henr. Bün-
,,ting’s Brunswick Chronicle, Part II,
,,Magdeburg 1584, folio page 72 b, states this
,,as well. But if one asks about the circum-
,,stances that preceded Corvinus’s public
,,Hessian service, the reports
,,narrow so significantly The author means the historical evidence becomes scarce or difficult to verify. that one almost
,,no longer knows what can always be asserted.
,,Meanwhile, I most readily admit that Corvinus
,,was one of Dr. Luther’s dearest friends.
,,For Dr. Luther even added a preface to
,,Corvinus’s writing, which bore the title,
,,Judgment of Antonius Corvinus on the
,,Method Proposed by Erasmus for Restoring
,,Concord original: de proposita ab Erasmo sarciendae concordiae ratione iudicium Antonii Coruini. This work was a response to Erasmus of Rotterdam’s attempts to find a middle ground between Catholics and Reformers.. It is known that this writing
,,is a dialogue between Corvinus and Julian.
,,Otto Frid. Schützius noted this circumstance
,,in On the Life of David Chytraeus original: de vita Dauidis Chytraei; Chytraeus was a significant Lutheran theologian and historian., which
,,began to be published in octavo format in
,,Hamburg in 1720, Book II, § 58, p. 350.
,,It is, however, nearly as good as certain
,,to me that Corvinus was born in Hanno-
,,ver, and had a Raven German: Rabe. The author is deducing this from the Latin name Corvinus, which is derived from Corvus, meaning raven or crow. for a
,,father. For a Low Saxon
,,was not accustomed to carry a Latin name—