# Luther defends the Heidelberg Disputation before the Augustinian chapter

Date: 1518

## The fact

In April 1518 [Luther](/people/martin-luther) presented the Heidelberg Disputation at the Augustinian chapter. The theology of the cross versus the theology of glory is the dated academic act.

## Context

Rome had not yet condemned him. Staupitz was still his superior. Heidelberg is intra-order teaching, not a diet.

## Evidence and sources

Printed Heidelberg theses and Luther chronologies record the chapter. They do not make it a mass rally. Wikipedia is not used as a causal source.

## Significance

Teacher-supply path: clergy formation inside an order, before the break.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1518 Heidelberg disputation. Not established: that it converted the whole order. Confidence high on the event.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

The event remains dated 1518-04-26. Martin Luther's documented role is: He presented the Heidelberg theses on the theology of the cross inside his own order. A chapter disputation trained younger Augustinians in a cross-centred theology against scholastic glory. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only.

## People

- Martin Luther: https://factrail.ai/people/martin-luther

## Drivers

- Teacher Quality and Supply: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-teacher-quality-supply

## Sources

- https://www.luther.de/en/
- https://ccel.org/ccel/luther

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/luther-heidelberg-disputation-1518