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Kaspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig
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Facts

Also Known As Kaspar Schwenckfeld
Born 1489 • Germany
Died December 10, 1561 (aged 72) • Ulm • Germany
Subjects Of Study Protestantism • Schwenckfeldians
Role In Reformation

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Schwenckfeld, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1556; in the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.
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Sebastian Franck
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
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Protestant religious reformer
Carl Friedrich Bahrdt
German writer
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English 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
Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
German theologian and church historian
Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian
Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur
German theologian
Agricola, Johann
Johann Agricola
German theologian
David Friedrich Strauss
German philosopher
Melchior Hofmann
German mystic
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian