EMSER, HIERONYM•S ( 1477-1527). A (1( man theologian of the Roman Catholic Church• known for his opposition to Luther. He was horn at studied at Tubingen and Basel, and lectured at Erfurt, where Luther was one of his hearers, and afterwards at Leipzig. Front 1501 he was secretary to Duke George of Saxony, who employed him to collect material regarding Bishop Benno of Meissen, and in 1510 sent him to Rome to obtain the canonization of that prelate. He was rewarded with several benefices, and entertained Luther at Dresden in 1517. After the Disputation of Leipzig in 1519, he did all he could to further the controversy which a rose }WI h imself and Luther. He was particularly bitter against Luther's translation of the New Testament, whieb, he declared, con tained the grand total of 1400 lies and errors. Numerous corrections suggested by him were adopted either by Luther or by subsequent re visers. In 1527 he published his rendering of the New 'Testament from the Vulgate, which was violently assailed and ridiculed by his theo logical adversaries, Consult: Waldati, Nach rich I con Ilivromcuns EnzseTs Lebo? und Self rif len I Ans)i:uh, 1783) ; and Weyermann, .Vneh richt en ro?? (frb•hrten, lnn.raIor dun, erkc iadigen .P(Tson 1///8 (Ulm, 1793).
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