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Nikolaus von Amsdorf (born December 3, 1483, Torgau, Saxony [Germany]—died May 14, 1565, Eisenach) was a Protestant Reformer and major supporter of Martin Luther.
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While Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565) is best known as Luther's faithful friend and a staunch defender of Luther's Reformation, he has often been overlooked by contemporary scholarship.
Nicolaus von Amsdorf (Latin: Nicolaus Amsdorfius, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire .
Steinmetz, David C., 'Nikolaus Von Amsdorf (1483–1565): Set for the Defense of the Gospel', Reformers in the Wings: From Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza, 2nd edn (New York, 2001; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Nov. 2003), https://doi.org/10.1093/0195130480.003.0010, accessed 15 Aug. 2024.
Quick Reference. (1483–1565), Lutheran theologian. He joined M. Luther in 1517 and accompanied him to the Disputation of Leipzig (1519) and the Diet of Worms (1521). In 1524 he went to Magdeburg to lead the Protestant opposition to the Catholic clergy and to reform the services on Lutheran lines.
AMSDORF, NICOLAUS VON (1483–1565), German Protestant reformer, was born on the 3rd of December 1483 at Torgau, on the Elbe. He was educated at Leipzig, and then at Wittenberg, where he was one of the first who matriculated (1502) in the recently founded university.
Jan 13, 2021 · Amsdorf, who was a nobleman, was born three weeks after Luther and outlived the reformer by almost two decades. He is credited in part with saving Luther’s Reformation legacy. The first chapter tells the story of Amsdorf’s life as student, as professor, and later as church superintendent and bishop.
