563 - Kling, Conrad. *Loci communes theologici* ... supplemented with new material beyond the previous edition ... A work ... containing a summary of Catholic doctrine, addressing controversies regarding nearly all dogmas in the Christian religion, together with the arguments of heretics and the Catholic responses thereto. With woodcut printer’s mark. Cologne, Birckmann, 1562. 26 leaves, 567 pp. Blind-stamped pigskin binding over wooden boards with 2 brass clasps (worm-eaten).

Kling, Conrad. *Loci communes theologici* ... supplemented with new material beyond the previous edition ... A work ... containing a summary of Catholic doctrine, addressing controversies regarding nearly all dogmas in the Christian religion, together with the arguments of heretics and the Catholic responses thereto. With woodcut printer’s mark. Cologne, Birckmann, 1562. 26 leaves, 567 pp. Blind-stamped pigskin binding over wooden boards with 2 brass clasps (worm-eaten). VD16 K1313 - Adams C-222. - One of the major works by Germany’s leading pre-Tridentine theologian during the Reformation era. Kling, a theologian in Erfurt, was the only one who maintained the Catholic liturgy in the city’s large Hospital Church. His *Loci communes* is a discussion of controversial doctrinal points in relation to Melanchthon’s work of the same name. — Title page backed; lower corner of the first leaf has water stains; worm-eaten throughout. *