BRB0215

Title

Subject

Description

The Onus ecclesie was listed in the Tridentine Index in Class III among the anonymous works though its author is now known to be Berthold Pürstinger. Written in 1519, the work was a daring call for internal reform within the Catholic Church. In the large woodcut by Jörg Breu, the earthly Church suffers a firestorm, plagues of insects, and attacks by Satan, as predicted in the quotations from the Book of Revelation held aloft by God and the angels.

Creator

Pürstinger, Berthold, 1465-1543.

Source

BRB0215. [Berthold Pürstinger, Bishop of Chiemsee (1465–1543)]. Onus ecclesie. Landshut: Johann Weyssenburger, 1524.

Relation

IndexProhibited

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Religious Work

Collection

"Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800

Citation

Pürstinger, Berthold, 1465-1543., “BRB0215,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 5, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1922.