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Also Known As Melchior Hoffmann
Born c.1495 • Schwäbisch Hall • Germany
Died 1543 or 1544 • Strasbourg • France
Subjects Of Study eschatology • mysticism
Role In Reformation
Schwenckfeld, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1556; in the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.
Kaspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig
German theologian
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Sebastian Franck
German theologian
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Balthasar Hubmaier
German Anabaptist leader
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Hans Denck
German religious leader
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
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
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme
German mystic
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Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Menno Simons, engraving by Christopher van Sichem, 1605–08.
Menno Simons
Dutch priest
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Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Sibyl of the Rhine
St. Hildegard
German mystic
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Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
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Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick
German nun
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Judah ben Samuel
German Jewish mystic
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David Joris
Belgian religious leader
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola
German theologian
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Georg Spalatin
Bavarian humanist