List of Protestant Reformers

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Reformation
Part of a series on the
Ninety-five Theses , written by Martin Luther in 1517
Precursors Peter Waldo and Waldensians John Wycliffe and Lollardy Jan Hus and Hussites Girolamo Savonarola and Piagnoni Arnold of Brescia and Arnoldists Peter of Bruys and Petrobrusians Henry of Lausanne and Henricians Berengar of Tours and Berengarians Gottschalk of Orbais Ratramnus Claudius of Turin Wessel Gansfort Johann Ruchrat von Wesel Johannes von Goch Friends of God Pataria
Beginning Ninety-five Theses Diet of Worms Luther Bible Magisterials Radicals
Contributing factors Western Schism Avignon Papacy Bohemian Reformation Northern Renaissance Christian humanism German mysticism Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press Erasmus Johann Reuchlin
Theologies of seminal figures Theology of Martin Luther Theology of Huldrych Zwingli Theology of John Calvin
Protestant Reformers Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Huldrych Zwingli John Calvin Martin Bucer William Tyndale Andreas Karlstadt Theodore Beza George Buchanan Heinrich Bullinger Peter Martyr Vermigli William Farel François Hotman John Knox Hubert Languet Thomas Müntzer Balthasar Hubmaier Menno Simons Thomas Cranmer Richard Hooker Jacobus Arminius Thomas Helwys Roger Williams Henry Denne Many others
By location Germany Switzerland (Geneva/Zürich) England Scotland Netherlands Czech Lands Hungary Romania Slovenia Denmark–Norway and Holstein Sweden and Finland Iceland Estonia and Latvia Austria France Italy Poland-Lithuania Ireland
Major political leaders Henry VIII Elizabeth I Oliver Cromwell James VI and I William the Silent Gaspard II de Coligny Henry IV of France Jeanne d'Albret Stephen Bocskai Gabriel Bethlen Gustav II Adolf Frederick V, Elector Palatine Philip I of Hesse Electors of Saxony Frederick III John Frederick I
Counter-Reformation Catholic Church Council of Trent Counter-Reformation § Politics Censorship of the Bible § 16th century Anti-Protestantism Criticism Holy Roman Emperors Charles V Ferdinand II
Political and religious conflicts Thirty Years' War French Wars of Religion Eighty Years' War War of the Three Kingdoms German Peasants' War Wars of Kappel Schmalkaldic War
Art and literature Painting and sculpture Northern Mannerism Lutheran art German Renaissance Art Swedish art English art Woodcuts Art conflicts Beeldenstorm Building Influence on church architecture Literature Elizabethan Metaphysical poets Propaganda Welsh Scottish Anglo-Irish German Czech Swiss Slovak Sorbian Romanian Danish Bohorič alphabet Faroese Norwegian Swedish Finnish Icelandic Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age Folklore of the Low Countries 16th century Renaissance humanism 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature Theater English Renaissance theatre Pastoral Morality History Tragedy Revenge
Music Forms Hymnody of continental Europe Music of the British Isles Hymn tune Lutheran chorale Lutheran hymn Anglican church music Exclusive psalmody Scottish church music Normative principle Anglican chant Homophony vs. Polyphony Falsobordone Verse anthem Liturgies Reformed worship Calvin's liturgy Formula missae Deutsche Messe Liturgical Struggle Ecclesiastical Latin Lutheran and Anglican Mass in music Cyclic mass vs. Paraphrase mass Roman vs. Sarum Rites Sequence (retained by Lutherans, mostly banned by Trent) Hymnals First and Second Lutheran hymnals First Wittenberg hymnal Ausbund Swenske songer Thomissøn's hymnal Book of Common Prayer Metrical psalters Book of Common Order Souterliedekens Genevan Psalter Scottish Psalter Whole Book of Psalms
Conclusion and commemorations Conclusion Confessionalization with subsequent Protestant orthodoxy Peace of Westphalia Simultaneous rise of Pietism and Rationalism Monuments Reformation Wall Luther Monuments Calendrical commemoration Reformation Day Lutheran Anglican
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This is an alphabetical list of Protestant Reformers.

C

D

Jurij Dalmatin
Jakob Dammann
Petrus Dathenus
Franz Davidis
Nikolaus Decius
Hans Denck
Matthias Devai
Veit Dietrich
Johann Draconites
Johannes Dreyer
Johann Dölsch
Balthasar Düring
Henry Denne

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F

Theodor Fabricius
Paul Fagius
Guillaume Farel
Matthias Flacius
Johann Forster
Martin Frecht
Sebastian Fröschel
Johannes Frosch

G

Philipp Gallicius
Nicolaus Gallus
Thomas Gassner
Johannes Garcreus
Gerard Geldenhouwer
Johannes Gigas
Johann Glandrop
Nikolaus Glossenus
Kaspar Gräter
Johannes Gramann
Daniel Greser
Argula von Grumbach
Simon Grynaeus
Augustin Gschmus
Rudolf Gualther
Caspar Güttel

H

J

Matthias von Jagow
Justus Jonas der Ältere
George Joye
Leo Jud
Matthäus Judex
Franciscus Junius (the elder), also Franz Junius or François du Jon

N

Hieronymus Nopp, also Hieronymus Noppius
Brictius thom Norde, also Nordanus

O

Bernardino Ochino
Johannes Oekolampad, aka Oecolampadius
Georg Oemler, also Aemelius
Konrad Öttinger
Kaspar Olevianus
Gerd Omeken
Andreas Osiander
Jacob Other, also Jacob Otter

Q

Erhard von Queiß

R

Ludwig Rabus
Balthasar Raid, also Balthasar Reith
Stanislaus Rapagelanus
Urbanus Rhegius
Stephan Riccius
Johann Reibling
Bartholomaeus Rieseberg
Erasmus Ritter
Paul vom Rode
Patroklus Römeling
Georg Rörer
Bartholomäus Rosinus
Jacob Runge
Johann Rurer
Ranjeeth Ophir

T

U

Johann Konrad Ulmer also Johann Konrad de Ulma
Zacharias Ursinus

V

Juan de Valdés
Thomas Venatorius
Georg von Venediger
Pier Paolo Vergerio
Pietro Martire Vermigli, also Peter Martyr
Pierre Viret

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List of Protestant Reformers

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