# Veit Erbermann

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**Veit Erbermann** (or **Ebermann**) (born on 25 May 1597 – died on 8 April 1675) was a German theologian and controversialist.[1][2]

## Biography

He was born at Rendweisdorff, in [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), to [Lutheran](/source/Lutheran) parents, but at an early age he became a [Roman Catholic](/source/Catholic), and on 30 May 1620, entered the [Society of Jesus](/source/Society_of_Jesus). After completing his ecclesiastical studies he taught [Scholastic](/source/Scholasticism) theology, first at Mainz and afterwards at Würzburg.[1] Subsequently, he was appointed [rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) of the pontifical seminary at [Fulda](/source/Fulda), which position he held for seven years.

His theological attainments and zeal for Catholicism brought him into conflict with many of the leading Reformers of his time. He watched with a keen interest what in [Protestant](/source/Protestant) theological circles is known as "[Syncretistic Controversy](/source/Syncretism#Syncretistic_Controversy)", and in his frequent encounters with its chief representatives proved himself an able champion of [Catholicism](/source/Catholicism).

## Works

His principal works are:

- *Anatomia Callixtina* (Mainz, 1644)
- *Irenicon Catholicum* (2 vols., Mainz, 1645–46), in which he examines critically the religious tenets of [George Calixtus](/source/George_Calixtus)
- *Interrogationes apologeticae* (Würzburg, 1651)
- *Examen Examinis Conringiani* (Würzburg, 1644), an exposition of the infallibility of the Catholic Church against [Hermann Conring](/source/Hermann_Conring)
- *Anti-Musaeus, i.e. parallela Ecclessiae verae et falsae* (Würzburg, 1659)
- *Anti-Musaei pars altera* (Würzburg, 1661) [3]
- *Nervi sine mole* [3]
- *Asserta theologica de fide divina* (Würzburg, 1665).

## References

1. Haaß, Robert. ["Erbermann, Vitus"](https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd124442641.html#ndbcontent). *Deutsche Biographie*. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

1. ["Vitus Ebermann, S.J. (1597-1675)"](https://www.prdl.org/author_view.php?a_id=4903). *Post Reformation Digital Library*. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

- Lachenschmid, R. (2001), «Erbermann (Ebermann), Vitus», in Ch. E. O’Neill, sj & J. M. Domínguez, sj (dirs.), *Diccionario Histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Biográfico-Temático*. Roma-Madrid: Institutum Historicum S.I.–Universidad Pontificia Comillas, vol. II, p. 1.250.

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