BILLIK, EBERHARD. - Carmelite theologian, b. in Cologne in 1499-1500 and d. on 12 January 1557. His family name was Steinberger. A professor in Cologne and prior of the convent, in 1542 he was elected provincial of Lower Germany. A tenacious opponent of the apostate archbishop of Cologne, Hermann von Wied, he contributed effectively to his deposition, thereby saving the faith of the city. An opponent of Bucer, Melanchthon and Oldendorp, he fought them effectively with word and with writings. At the invitation of Card. Morone he refuted the Augsburg Confession in 1540. Summoned to Trent as a theologian, in 1551 he accompanied there the new archbishop of Cologne, Adolf von Schauenburg. On 22 December 1556 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Cologne by Paul IV, but died shortly afterward without having been consecrated.
A history of the Council of Trent by him was lost; there remain, however, besides his correspondence, which is precious for the history of the period: Judicium deputatorum universitatis et secundarii cleri coloniensis de doctrina et vocatione Mart. Buceri ad Bonnum (Cologne 1543); Judicii universitatis et cleri coloniensis adversus calumnias Ph. Melanchthonis, Mart. Buceri, Oldendorpii et eorum asseclarum defensio cum diligenti explicatione materiorum controversarum (ibid. 1545).
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BIBL.: L. Pastor, s. v. in Kirchenlex., II, coll. 836-38; Hurter, IV, coll. 1224-26; A. Postina, Der Karmelit. E. B., Freiburg im Breisgau 1901; E. Mangenot, s. v. in DThC, II, coll. 889-90; E. Rick, P. Everhardus Billicus, in Annalea Ord. Carm., III, Rome 1914, pp. 115-22; 131-39; 174-82; 193-203; 229-36; 295-301; 323-34; A. Postina, s. v. in LThK, II, col. 357; P. Ferdinand, s. v. in DHG, VIII, coll. 1480-81.
Zollini, Vito. “Billik, eberhard.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1637. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/billik-eberhard.
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Zollini, Vito. “Billik, eberhard.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1637. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/billik-eberhard.
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@incollection{ec2_billik_eberhard,
author = {Zollini, Vito},
title = {Billik, eberhard},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {1637},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/billik-eberhard}
}
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