Also known as:
German: Heinrich Kramer;
Henry Institoris;
Latin: Henricus Institor
INSTITORIS, HEINRICH (Henricus de Slectat). - Dominican theologian, b. at Schlettstadt ca. 1430, d. in Moravia in 1505. He was teaching theology when Bishop Rudolf of Lavant charged him with preaching the crusade against King George Poděbrady of Bohemia. On 13 March 1479 he was appointed by Sixtus IV inquisitor over all of Upper Germany, where he began the struggle against heretics and particularly against witches, especially at Constance, Bressanone and Innsbruck. Alexander VI (31 Jan. 1500) appointed him nuncio and inquisitor in Bohemia and Moravia against the "Moravian Brethren."
He left many writings against heresy and in defense of the papacy; worth remembering: Malden maleficarum (Lyons 1484), written in collaboration with James Sprenger; Tractatus varii contra 4 errores novissime exortos adversus Eucharistiae sacramentum (Nuremberg 1496); Tractatus adv. errores A. Roselli de plenaria potestate pontificis ac monarchiae (Venice 1499); Opus perutile sermonum in defensionem S. Rom. Ecclesiae adversus Waldenses (Olmütz 1501); S. Romanae Ecclesiae fidei defensionis Clypeus adversus Waldensium seu Pichardorum haeresium (ibid. 1502).
Bibliography4 worksQuétif-Echard, I, pp. 896-97; Bullarium O. P., IV, Rome 1732, pp. 2-3; B. Reichert, Registrum litterarum (Quellen und Forsch. z. Geschichte
BIBL.: Quétif-Echard, I, pp. 896-97; Bullarium O. P., IV, Rome 1732, pp. 2-3; B. Reichert, Registrum litterarum (Quellen und Forsch. z. Geschichte des Dominikanerordens in Deutschland, 10), Leipzig 1914, passim; G. Löhr, s. v. in LThK, V, col. 430.
D'Amato, Alfonso. “Institoris, heinrich (henricus de slectat).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 55. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/institoris-heinrich-henricus-de-slectat.
MLA
D'Amato, Alfonso. “Institoris, heinrich (henricus de slectat).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 55. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/institoris-heinrich-henricus-de-slectat.
BibTeX
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author = {D'Amato, Alfonso},
title = {Institoris, heinrich (henricus de slectat)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {55},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/institoris-heinrich-henricus-de-slectat}
}
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