Binder, Wolf (d. 1571)
Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 540 of Dutch edition.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Wolf Binder (Pinder), a Hutterite martyr, was seized in the summer of 1570 at Schärding on the Inn and taken to Burghausen (Bavaria), where, after several trials, he was so severely tortured that he was unable to stand. Since he refused to recant, he was beheaded at Schärding in early February 1571, shortly after Candlemas (2 February) according to the Martyrs' Mirror.
An unknown author sang of his martyrdom in the song, "Ach Gott wir tun dies klagen" (30 stanzas; reprinted in Die Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder).
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Die Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder: Gesangbuch darinnen viel und mancherlei schöne Betrachtungen, Lehren, Vermahnungen, Lobgesänge und Glaubensbekenntnisse, von vielen Liebhabern Gottes gedichtet und aus vielen Geschichten und Historien der heiligen Schrift zusammengetragen, allen frommen Liebhabern Gottes sehr nützlich zu singen und zu lessen. Scottdale, Pa. : Mennonitisches Verlagshaus, 1914. Reprinted Cayley, AB: Hutterischen Brüdern in Kanada, 1962: 691-693.
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| Author(s) | Christian Hege |
|---|---|
| Sam Steiner | |
| Date Published | 1953 |
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