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François Lambert
Francis Lambert (c. 1486 – April 8, 1530) was a Protestant reformer, the son of a papal official at Avignon, where he was born between 1485 and 1487. At the age of 15 he entered the Franciscan monastery at Avignon, and after 1517 he was an itinerant preacher, travelling through France, Italy and Switzerland. Lambert's study of the Scriptures shook his faith in Catholic theology, Roman Catholic theology, and by 1522 he had abandoned his order, and became known to the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, Reformation in Switzerland and Germany. He did not, however, identify himself either with Theology of Huldrych Zwingli, Zwinglianism or Lutheranism; he debated with Huldrych Zwingli at Zürich in 1522, and then made his way to Eisenach and Wittenberg, where he married in 1523. Lambert arrived in Strasbourg in 1524, anxious to spread the doctrines of the Reformation among the French-speaking population of the city. The Germans mistrusted him, and in 1526 his activities were p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. The five solae, five ''solae'' summarize the basic theological beliefs of mainstream Protestantism. Protestants follow the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began in the 16th century with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church from perceived Criticism of the Catholic Church, errors, abuses, and discrepancies. The Reformation began in the Holy Roman Empire in 1517, when Martin Luther published his ''Ninety-five Theses'' as a reaction against abuses in the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, which purported to offer the remission of the Purgatory, temporal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Of Hesse
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567), nicknamed (), was a German nobleman and champion of the Protestant Reformation, notable for being one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany. He was one of the main belligerents in the War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession. Biography Early life and embracing of Protestantism Philip was the son of Landgrave William II of Hesse and his second wife Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. His father died when Philip was five years old, and in 1514 his mother, after a series of struggles with the Estates of Hesse, succeeded in becoming regent on his behalf. The struggles over authority continued, however. To put an end to them, Philip was declared of age in 1518, his actual assumption of power beginning the following year. The power of the Estates had been broken by his mother, but he owed her little else. His education had been very imperfect, and his moral and religious training had been neglec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Ruffet
Louis Ruffet (13 April 1836, in Nyon – 1923) was a Swiss Protestant theologian and church historian. In 1859 he received his bachelor's degree in theology at the École de theologie in Geneva and became ordained as a minister at the Église de l'Oratoire. He served as a minister in the French communities of Royan, Le Creusot and Aix-les-Bains, and in 1861 returned to Geneva as a minister at the Église de l'Oratoire, where he preached until 1869. In 1870–72 he worked as a director of a seminary in Lausanne, and afterwards, taught classes in church history at the École de théologie in Geneva. In 1874 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology from Princeton University. Selected works * ''Thascius Cyprien, évêque de Carthage et les persécutions de son temps'', 1872 – Cyprian, bishop of Carthage and the persecutions of his time. * ''(François) Lambert d'Avignon, le réformateur de la Hesse'' – Francis Lambert of Avignon, the reformer of Hesse. * ''Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Stieve
Felix Stieve (9 March 1845, in Münster – 10 June 1898, in Munich) was a German historian. He was the father of anatomist Hermann Stieve (1886–1952). He studied history at the universities of Breslau, Berlin, Innsbruck and Munich, obtaining his habilitation at the latter institution in 1874. In 1878 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and from 1886, taught classes as a professor at the Technische Hochschule in Munich. Selected works * ''Der Kampf um Donauwörth im Zusammenhang der Reichsgeschichte'' (1875) – The Battle of Donauwörth in the context of the history of the Reich. * ''Das kirchliche Polizeiregiment in Baiern unter Maximilian I, 1595-1651'' (1876) – The ecclesiastical police regiment in Bavaria under Maximilian I. * ''Der Kalenderstreit des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts in Deutschland'' (1880) – Calendar of the sixteenth century in Germany. * ''Der oberösterreichische Bauernaufstand des Jahres 1626'' (1891) – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Wilhelm Baum
Johann Wilhelm Baum, sometimes known as Jean Guillaume Baum (7 December 1809, in Flonheim – 28 November 1878, in Strasbourg) was a German Protestant theologian, known for his studies involving the Protestant Reformation. From 1828 to 1833 he studied philology and theology at the Protestant seminary and at the theological faculty in Strasbourg. From 1847 onward, he served as a pastor at St. Thomas Church in Strasbourg. In 1860 he became a professor of ancient languages and literature at the Protestant seminary, where in 1864 he was named a professor of homiletics. In 1872 he was appointed professor of practical theology Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more full ... at the university. Selected works With August Eduard Cunitz and Édouard Guillaume Eugène Reuss, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
