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1、CarlosGilly'TheophrastiaSancta'ParacelsianismasareligioninconflictwiththeestablishedchurchesIIn1569anenthusiasticParacelsistcalledLambertWackerwrotefromBerlinthatTheophrastusParacelsusvonHohenheimhadnotonlybeena'monarchaetprincepsmedicorum',amonarchandprinceofp
2、hysicians,butalsokingoftheologiansandchiefoflawyers,or,astheauthorputit:'Icouldalsosay:TheologorumrexetIurisconsultorumcaput'-ashehad'ineverythingshotnearerthemarkthananyonebeforehim'.1Weshallignorethelawyers,forwhomParacelsus,aswellasforlogiciansandrhetorician
3、s,didnotcaremuchanyway.2Butkingoftheologians?EvenParacelsushimself,whowasanythingbutmodest,hadnevergonethatfar.TrueinhisbookParagranumof1529-1530hehadchallengedtheentiremedicalworldbyproclaiminghisproud'accordingtomeandnotaccordingtoyou'andhisprovocative'Minewi
4、llbethemonarchy',thusappointinghimself'monarchamedicorum'.Andwheninthesamebookhetookoffenceattheepithet'theLutherofphysicians',thiswasonlybecausehefeltthatthetitleawardedhimbyhisopponentswastooslight:'Whatisthismockerywithwhichyouinsultme,thatIama'Lutherusmedic
5、orum',meaningIamaheresiarch?IamTheophrastusandmorethanthosewithwhomyoucompareme.Iamthesame,andmoreoverIamthemonarchofphysicians...IwillletLutherdefendhiscauseandIwilldefendmycause,andIwilldefeatthoseofmycolleagueswhoturnagainstme!'Andfurtheron:'Doyoumean,Iamonl
6、yLuther?Iwillgivehimandyousomeworktodo!'3ThelatterpromiseParacelsusdidindeedfulfil,butonlydecadesafterhisdeath.Generationsofpolemicaltheologians,Lutheranorother,firsthadtoracktheirbrainsoverthewritingsofthefamousSwissphysician,beforetheycouldevenbegintoattackso
7、meofthereligiousdissidentsandradicalchurchcriticsofthelatesixteenthandtheentireseventeenthcentury.WhileParacelsusknewverywellthathehadcalledintolifeanewschoolofmedicinewithhisworksonmedicineandnaturalphilosophy-or,asheputsit,a'Theophrastiansect,whichwilltriumph
8、,soyouwillhavetoacknowledgemyphilosophy',4inhistheologicalwritingshehadexpresslyrefusedtostylehimselftheheadofanewreligiousmovement.Andyet:intheology,too,Paracelsusremainedl
