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Born c.1499 • Donauwörth • Germany
Died c.1542 • Basel • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study Protestantism
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
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
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Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
German theologian and church historian
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Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian
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Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur
German theologian
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola
German theologian
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David Friedrich Strauss
German philosopher
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Melchior Hofmann
German mystic
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian
Osiander, Andreas
Andreas Osiander
German theologian
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Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer