Renouatio Ecclesiae Nordlingiacensis, et ratio omnibus reddita, de quorundam institutione
Summary: Theobald Billican was educated at Heidelberg where he became a close friend of Melanchthon. He was drawn to Luther in 1518 when Luther disputed on scholasticism at the University of Heidelberg. This tract on the reformation in Nordlingen attempts to prove that the old "abuses" had been corrected and replaced with "purified" doctrines. Billican consciously constructs his discourse more along Erasmian lines than according to strictly Lutheran models.Signatures: A8, B4, C8; [A] unsigned, A1b, C8b blank.Imprint: Printer and place of publication from VD16Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved, architectural, historiated, woodcut border (People); initials.Additional Details: Preface dated at end; "Nordlingiae, pridie idus Februarias, Anno M.D. XXV. " and signed at head. "Theobaldus Billicanus & Diaconi uestri optant." This volume was formerly in the Stewart collection, #4451, There are some manuscript marginalia in the text.
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