Thomas Erastus: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Thomas Lieber • Thomas Lüber • Thomas Liebler
Born	September 7, 1524 • Baden • Switzerland
Died	December 31, 1583 (aged 59) • Basel • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study	Zwinglianism • church and state • excommunication
Role In	Reformation

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Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.

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Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli

Swiss religious leader

Heinrich Bullinger

Heinrich Bullinger

Swiss religious reformer

Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe

Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet

Swiss theologian

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Sebastian Hofmeister

Swiss religious reformer

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Bertold Haller

Swiss religious reformer

Leo Jud, engraving

Leo Jud

Swiss religious reformer

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Joachim Vadianus

Swiss humanist

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Johannes Stumpf

Swiss theologian

Martin Luther

Martin Luther

German religious leader

John Calvin

John Calvin

French theologian

Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII

king of England

St. Gregory the Great

St. Gregory the Great

pope

Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

German theologian

Leo X

Leo X

pope

Luca della Robbia: St. Anselm of Canterbury

St. Anselm of Canterbury

archbishop and philosopher

John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

English theologian

Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.

Martin Bucer

Protestant religious reformer

Portrait painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, seated at a desk holding a paper, wearing dark robes and a black cap.

Thomas Cromwell

English statesman

Gustav I Vasa

Gustav I Vasa

king of Sweden

Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy

Gregory IX

pope