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Johann Lachmann; Franz Lambert von Avignon; Johann(es) Lang(e), a Thuringian reformator Johannes Langer; Hubert Languet; Johannes á Lasco; Hugh Latimer; Anton Lauterbach; Johannes Lening
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.
Prior to Martin Luther and other Protestant Reformers, there were earlier reform movements within Western Christianity. The Protestant Reformation, however, is usually considered to have started on 31 October 1517 with the publication of the Ninety-five Theses, authored by Martin Luther.
Statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, influential theologians in developing the Reformed faith, at the Reformation Wall in Geneva. Reformed Christianity, [1] also called Calvinism, [a] is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
The reformers were aided by Cromwell, who in January 1535 was made vicegerent in spirituals. Effectively the King's vicar general, Cromwell's authority was greater than that of bishops, even the Archbishop of Canterbury. [74] Largely due to Anne Boleyn's influence, a number of Protestants were appointed bishops between 1534 and 1536.
The main forerunners of the Protestant Reformation were Peter Waldo, John Wycliffe and Jan Hus. [4] Martin Luther himself saw it important to have forerunners of his views, and thus he praised people like Girolamo Savonarola , Lorenzo Valla , Wessel Gansfort and other groups as prefiguring some of his views.
The major reformers representing the Magisterial Reformation were Luther, Zwingli and Calvin, [6] John Knox, [7] as well as Thomas Cranmer. The Magisterial Reformers believed that secular authority should be followed, where it did not clash with biblical commands.
Medieval Restorationism was a number of movements that sought to renew the Christian church during the Middle Ages. The failure of these movements helped create conditions that ultimately led to the Protestant Reformation .