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Johannes Völkel (Latin: Volkelius) (Grimma, ? - Raków 1616) was a German Socinian writer.
Völkel taught at the Racovian Academy and is often credited with a hand in the Racovian Catechism of 1605 along with Hieronim Moskorzowski, Piotr Stoiński the younger (Polish-born son of Pierre Statorius Sr.), and Valentin Schmalz. Certainly he had a hand in the German translation of 1608. Völkel was one of several Socinians who corresponded with Grotius.
Works
In his life he published pamphlets, in particular against the Lithuanian Jesuit Martinus Smiglecius (in Lithuanian: Martynas Smigleckis) who had argued against Calvinists, Lutherans, and Socinians, that the only church could be Rome.
- Nodi Gordii à Martino Smiglecio nexi dissolutio 1613 ("The Gordian Knot of Martynas Smigleckis untied")
Following Smiglecius' reply, Völkel published a further response:
- Responsio ad vanam refutationem dissolutionis nodi Gordii a Martino Smiglecio nexi dissolutio 1618 ("a reply to the vain refutation to The Gordian Knot untied")
His major work "Of True Religion" was edited posthumously by Jan Crell:
- Iohannis Volkelii misnici - de vera religione libri quinque quibus praefixus est Iohannis Crellii Franci Liber de Deo et ejus attributis, ita ut unum cum illis opus constituat. 5 editions published between 1630 and 1642.
This was the first major systematic presentation of Socinian teaching published at the Racovian Academy, and earned an annotated edition in response:
- Hydra Socinianismi expugnata: sive, Johannis Volkelii Misnici, De vera religione, (ut falsò inscribuntur) libri quinque : quibus præfixus est Johannis Crellii Franci (ejusdem commatis) liber de Deo & ejus attributis, ita ut unum cum illis opus (integrumque, Socinianæ impietatis systema) constituat: cum eorundem refutatione exacta per additas annotationes & censuras necessarias.
References
- Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller Theologische Realenzyklopädie, Volume 31 p601
- Philip Knijff, Sibbe Jan Visser, Piet Visser Bibliographia Sociniana: a bibliographical reference tool for the study of
- A. J. Lamping Johannes Polyander, een dienaar van Kerk en Universiteit 1980 Page 118 "en Johannes Völkel (f 1618), die ook contacten hadden met Hugo de Groot in Parijs"