Thomas Müntzer
Early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War · Germany · Religious Figures · Lived 1489 to 1525 · aged 36
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Something wrong?A Reformation preacher who split from Luther and led armed peasants against the feudal order, believing the apocalypse demanded immediate uprising. He was tortured and beheaded after his militia lost at Frankenhausen in 1525.
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, Our learned ones would gladly like to give the witness of Jesus' spirit a higher education.
The spirit of the strength and fear of God be with you , you pitiable community.
Oh, dearest brothers, of what else does this Gospel of Luke remind us?
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About this person
Müntzer became a Catholic priest in Brunswick in 1514 and soon began doubting the Church's teachings. He joined Luther's circle and took a post in Zwickau on Luther's recommendation, but his theology grew increasingly apocalyptic and spiritual. By 1523, when he arrived at Allstedt, he had broken completely with Luther over the older reformer's compromises with feudal power. Müntzer believed the end of the world was imminent and that true believers must help God force a new era into being. When peasant uprisings ignited across central Germany in 1525, he organized an armed militia in Mühlhausen. The militia was crushed at the Battle of Frankenhausen. Müntzer was captured, tortured, and executed on 27 May 1525.
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