Protestant Reformers

Electors of Saxony Holy Roman Emperors Building Literature Theater Liturgies Hymnals Monuments Calendrical commemoration Protestant Reformers were theologians whose careers, works and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.

In the context of the Reformation, Martin Luther was the first reformer, sharing his views publicly in 1517, followed by Andreas Karlstadt and Philip Melanchthon at Wittenberg, who promptly joined the new movement.

They are listed by movement, although some reformers influenced multiple movements and are included in each respective section.

Throughout the Middle Ages, according to Edmund Hamer Broadbent, there were a number of Christian movements that sought a return to what they perceived as the purity of the Apostolic church and whose teachings foreshadowed Protestant ideas.

Among these were: Catholics who actively opposed the Reformation and partook in the Counter-Reformation include:

Fictitious dispute between the leading Protestant Reformers (sitting at the left side of the table: Luther , Zwingli , Calvin , Melanchthon , Bugenhagen and Oecolampadius ) and the representatives of the Catholic Church