Francesco Stancaros Schrift „Collatio doctrinae Arrii et Philippi Melanchthonis et sequacium“: Kontextualisierung und Edition

The editorial work on the extensive correspondence of the Zurich reformer Heinrich Bullinger provided new insights into the Italian religious refugee Francesco Stancaro and his stay in Basel towards the end of the Schmalkaldic War. In addition, the only surviving copy of Stancaro’s Collatio doctrinae Arrii et Philippi Melanchthonis from 1559 was found in Zurich. In this tract Stancaro argued against Melanchthon and the Hungarian theologian Franz Davidis (Ferenc Dávid). Since this text is barely known today, it is edited here and put into the context of its printing history. The sources used by Stancaro are listed in the appendix.