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Hoffmeister, Johann

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HOFFMEISTER, JOHANN. - Augustinian preacher and controversialist, b. ca. 1509 and d. 21 Aug. 1547. He embraced the religious life early, studied at Mainz and Freiburg im Breisgau; prior at Colmar in 1533, provincial in 1543, he was appointed by Seripando in 1546 vicar general for the German provinces. He labored tirelessly from 1530 until his death for the preservation of the faith in Germany and for the Catholic Reformation, earning the name of "Anti-Luther" and the praise and friendship of St. Peter Canisius.

He wrote: Canones ad interpretandas s. Bibliorum scripturas (Mainz 1545); Dialogorum libri duo (Ingolstadt 1546); Loci communes rerum theologicarum (11th ed., Antwerp 1546).

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BIBL.: J. F. Ossinger, Biblioth. august., Ingolstadt 1768, pp. 445-51; N. Paulus, Der Augustiner J. H., Freiburg im Breisgau 1891; H. Jedin, Seripando, I, Würzburg 1937, pp. 216-18; II, ibid. 1937, p. 667.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1455.

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Gutierrez, David. “Hoffmeister, johann.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1455. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/hoffmeister-johann.

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Gutierrez, David. “Hoffmeister, johann.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1455. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/hoffmeister-johann.

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  title     = {Hoffmeister, johann},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  pages     = {1455},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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