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Also Known As Thomas Liebler • Thomas Lüber • Thomas Lieber
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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Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian
Sebastian Hofmeister
Swiss religious reformer
Bertold Haller
Swiss religious reformer
Leo Jud, engraving
Leo Jud
Swiss religious reformer
Joachim Vadianus
Swiss humanist
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
pope
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Leo X
Leo X
pope
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
Gustav I Vasa
Gustav I Vasa
king of Sweden
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
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