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Nikolaus von Amsdorf, 1558 etching by Peter Gottlandt
Statue of Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Schlosskirche, Wittenberg
Plaque to Nicolaus von Amsdorf, quadrangle, Wittenberg University

Nicolaus von Amsdorf (German: Nikolaus von Amsdorf, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Nicolaus von Amsdorf

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Nicolaus von Amsdorf (German: Nikolaus von Amsdorf, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As...

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Katharina von Bora

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Luther's friend and fellow reformer, Nicolaus von Amsdorf, that she would be willing to marry only Luther or von Amsdorf. Martin Luther, as well as many of...

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Lutheranism

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theologians include Martin Chemnitz, Aegidius Hunnius, Leonhard Hutter, Nicolaus Hunnius, Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand, Salomo Glassius, Johann Hülsemann...

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Amsdorfians

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Christians, who took their name from the 16th-century German reformer Nicolaus von Amsdorf. They maintained that good works were not only unprofitable, but...

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Reformation

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"matters indifferent" but uncompromising Lutheran theologians such as Nicolaus von Amsdorf (d. 1565) and Matthias Flacius (d. 1575) rejected all concessions...

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Martin Luther

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development of singing in Protestant churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora, a former nun, set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing...

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Adiaphora

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Victorinus Strigel 1551–62 Majoristic VI Georg Major Justus Menius Nicolaus von Amsdorf Nicolaus Gallus Philippists Gnesio-Lutherans 1555–60 Synergistic II Philip...

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Harrowing of Hell

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judged, they might live in the spirit as God does." Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar sees parallels with Mark 3:24: "If a kingdom is divided against...

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1565

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of Cattaro, Dominican visionary and anchoress (b. 1493) May 14 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German Protestant reformer (b. 1483) May 5 – Queen Munjeong, Korean...

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Predestination

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Wycliffe (1320s–1384), Johann Ruchrat von Wesel (died 1481), Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) and Johannes von Staupitz (1460–1524). The medieval Cathars...

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Antinomianism

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of the evil principle in order to bind men still more to the earth. K.J. von Hefele notes: "We further see that, at the time of the Synod of Gangra, the...

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History of Lutheranism

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theologians were e.g. Martin Chemnitz, Aegidius Hunnius, Leonhard Hutter, Nicolaus Hunnius, Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand, Salomo Glassius, Johann Hülsemann...

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On the Bondage of the Will

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Victorinus Strigel 1551–62 Majoristic VI Georg Major Justus Menius Nicolaus von Amsdorf Nicolaus Gallus Philippists Gnesio-Lutherans 1555–60 Synergistic II Philip...

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Goslar

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Protestant Reformation was introduced in the city by theologian Nicolaus von Amsdorf who issued a first church constitution in 1531. To assert independence...

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December 3

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France (d. 1422) 1447 – Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1512) 1483 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565) 1560 – Jan Gruter...

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Julius von Pflug

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regarding his course, finally yielded, and John Frederick selected Nicolaus von Amsdorf for the place and had him ordained by Luther. On 15 January 1542...

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Martin Chemnitz

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[literally: Apology of the Christian Book of Concord]. with Timothy Kirchner and Nicolaus Selneccer, 1583. (known as The Apology of the Formula of Concord) Christliches...

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Philippists

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Church of Germany. There was among Luther's associates, notably Nikolaus von Amsdorf, a disinclination to accept Melanchthon's leadership. When, in the negotiations...

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Andreas Osiander

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Victorinus Strigel 1551–62 Majoristic VI Georg Major Justus Menius Nicolaus von Amsdorf Nicolaus Gallus Philippists Gnesio-Lutherans 1555–60 Synergistic II Philip...

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Book of Concord

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von Grumbach Petrus Särkilahti Mikael Agricola Stephan Agricola Nicolaus von Amsdorf Laurentius Andreae Olaus Petri Laurentius Petri Stephan Praetorius...

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Lutheran orthodoxy

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example) Martin Chemnitz, Aegidius Hunnius, Leonhard Hutter (1563–1616), Nicolaus Hunnius, Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand, Salomo Glassius, Johann Hülsemann...

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Formula of Concord

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Philip Melanchthon

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Torgau

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of Saxony (1463–1525) Elector of Saxony, protected Martin Luther Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565), Lutheran theologian and early Protestant reformer Leonhardt...

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Osiandrian controversy

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indwelling of Christ causes justification. Osiandrianism was opposed by Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Martin Chemnitz, Matthias Flacius, Philip Melanchthon, and Joachim...

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