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Also Known As Jodocus Koch
Born June 5, 1493 or June 6, 1493 • Nordhausen • Germany
Died October 9, 1555 • Germany
Notable Works Augsburg Confession
Role In Reformation
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
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Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola
German theologian
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Georg Spalatin
Bavarian humanist
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian
Osiander, Andreas
Andreas Osiander
German theologian
Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen
German knight
Nikolaus von Amsdorf, lithograph, 1820, after a 16th-century engraving.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian
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Joachim Camerarius
German scholar and theologian
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Matthias Zell
German theologian
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Johannes Brenz
German clergyman
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
Leo Jud, engraving
Leo Jud
Swiss religious reformer
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Gustav I Vasa
Gustav I Vasa
king of Sweden
Schwenckfeld, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1556; in the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.
Kaspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig
German theologian