Albert Hardenberg or Albertus Risaeus (c. 1510 in Rheeze near

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– 18 May 1574 in

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) was a Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer, who was also active as a reformer in

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and Emden.

Life

From the age of seven, he was put in the school of the "Fratres vitae communis" in Groninghe. He decided at the age of 17 to become a priest and became a monk in the abbey of Aduard. In 1540, he was sent by his community as a student at the University of Louvain to take theology courses so that he could one day be able to become abbot of a monastery. There he obtained his degree of license, but he was quickly drawn into the movement of active reformers in the

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* , Vol 7, p 404 * Spiegel: , (Bremer Jahrbuch 4) Bremen, 1869. *

Jürgen Moltmann Jürgen Moltmann (born 8 April 1926) is a German Reformed theologian who is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the University of Tübingen and is known for his books such as the ''Theology of Hope'', ''The Crucified God'', ''God in Creat ...

: , Bremen 1958, 16ff. * H. Engelhardt: , (Diss.) Frankfurt, 1961. * H. Engelhardt: , (JGNKG 61, 1963, 32ff.) * H. Engelhardt: , (Hospitium Ecclesiae 4, 1964, 32ff.) * W. Neuser: , (JGNKG 65, 1967, 142ff.) * Rottländer: , Göttingen, 1982 * Wim Janse, , Leiden, New York u. Köln 1994 * Wim Janse, , In: Hospitum Ecclaesiae. Forschungen zur bremischen Kirchengeschichte 22, 2003, pp. 43-53 * Heinz Scheible: Personen 12 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 2005 *

Herbert Schwarzwälder Herbert Schwarzwälder (14 October 1919 – 11 September 2011) was a German historian. With his decades of work and his extensive publications, he has had a major influence on the research and communication of the . Life Schwarzwälder was born ...

: , , Bremen, 2003, * Werner Kloos: , Hauschild Verlag, Bremen, 1980, * *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hardenberg, Albert 1510 births 1574 deaths Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians German Protestant Reformers People from Hardenberg Old University of Leuven alumni 16th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians