BUCHMANN (BIBLIANDER), THEODORE. - Protestant, b. ca. 1504 at Bischofszell (Thurgau), d. of plague at Zurich on 26 Sept. 1564.
A professor of Oriental languages at Zurich after Zwingli (from 1531), B. distinguished himself by his knowledge of Hebrew and completed the translation of the Bible (Zurich 1542-43) begun by Leo Jud. He is principally the "homo grammaticus," as he liked to call himself (De optimo genere grammaticarum Hebr. [1542]; id., Commentarium de Sancta lingua Hebr., ll. 24 (ms); id., De ratione communi omnium linguarum et litterarum Commentarius [1543]). His translation of the Koran (1543) is rather a revision of the text of Peter of Cluny. Contrary to Luther and Melanchthon, he occupied himself with both biblical and ecclesiastical history (De ratione temporum [1551]; id., Temporum supputatio partitioque exactior [1558]). He gladly attacks the Catholic Church with the weapons of the humanists in the manner of Erasmus and more often with the arguments of Zwinglianism. It is strange that he fought the reforms of the Council of Trent, while nevertheless desiring the union of the Churches (Amphior consideratio decreti Synodalis Tridentini de authentica doctrina Ecclesiae Dei..., Basel 1551; and again in: De legitima vindicatione christianismi, 1553).
From the missionary point of view Zwingli and after him B. had a humanist attitude toward the problem of the salvation of unbelievers (Oratio ad enarrationem Esajae [1532]). In his dissertation De Monarchia totius Orbis Supremi B. claims the treasures of divine grace for all Christians, Jews and Muslims. Even on the question of predestination he departs from Zwingli's thesis.
Bibliography2 worksH. M. van Nes, Bibliander als Zendingsman, in «Mededeelingen» Tijdschrift voor zendingswetenschap, 62 (1918), p. 107; Giovanni Maria del S.
BIBL.: H. M. van Nes, Bibliander als Zendingsman, in «Mededeelingen» Tijdschrift voor zendingswetenschap, 62 (1918), p. 107; Giovanni Maria del S. Cuore, Raisons internes (doctrinales) de la négation ou de l'affirmation de l'idée missionnaire dans le Protestantisme du XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle, Rome 1939-40 (manuscript dissertation).
Giovanni Maria del S. Cuore. “Buchmann (Bibliander), theodore.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 172. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/buchmann-bibliander-theodore.
MLA
Giovanni Maria del S. Cuore. “Buchmann (Bibliander), theodore.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 172. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/buchmann-bibliander-theodore.
BibTeX
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author = {Giovanni Maria del S. Cuore},
title = {Buchmann (Bibliander), theodore},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {172},
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/buchmann-bibliander-theodore}
}
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