93,733 profiles ranked live

Martin Chemnitz

✓ Source-basedfalling

Lutheran theologian and reformer

GermanyAcademicsLived 1522 to 1586 · aged 63
Compare
Fame49.1
MomentumNot measured
Languages20
Peak1860s
In century#929

Martin Chemnitz was an eminent second-generation German, Evangelical Lutheran, Christian theologian, and a Protestant reformer, churchman, and confessor.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Academics from Germany 6

About this person

Martin Chemnitz was an eminent second-generation German, Evangelical Lutheran, Christian theologian, and a Protestant reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the Evangelical Lutheran tradition he is known as Alter Martinus, the "Second Martin": Si Martinus non fuisset, Martinus vix stetisset goes a common saying concerning him. He is listed and remembered in the Calendar of Saints and Commemorations in the Liturgical Church Year as a pastor and confessor by both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1522 to 1586 · aged 63
Written about in
20 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.