Kretz, Matthias (1480-1543)
Matthias Kretz, a Catholic theologian, and cathedral deacon in München, did not (contrary to information from the antiquariat of Calvary) expressly and specifically attack the Anabaptists in his frequently reprinted sermon on the Mass (1524).
Bibliography
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. 56v. Leipzig, 1875-1912: IX, 645 ("Gretz").
Calvary, S. Verzeichnis sellener und wertvoller Werke. Berlin, 1869: 29, 53.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 568.
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