NICOLAUS VON See also:

• NICOLAUS VON AMSDORF (1483-1565)

AMSDORF (1483-1565)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1483 at See also:

• TORGAU

Torgau, on the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe . He was educated at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and then at See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg, where he was one of the first who matriculated (1502) in the recently founded university . He soon obtained various academical honours, and became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology in 1511 . Like Andreas See also:

• CARLSTADT, KARLSTADT

Carlstadt, he was at first a leading exponent of the older type of scholastic theology, but under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther abandoned his Aristotelian positions for a theology based on the Augustinian See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace . Throughout his See also:

• LIFE

life he remained one of Luther's most determined supporters; was with him at the Leipzig See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference (1519), and the See also:

• DIET

diet of See also:

• WORMS

Worms (1521); and was in the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of his See also:

• WARTBURG, THE

Wartburg seclusion . He assisted the first efforts of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation at See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg (1524), at See also:

• GOSLAR

Goslar (1531) and at See also:

• EINBECK

Einbeck (1534); took an active See also:

• PART

part in the debates at See also:

• SCHMALKALDEN

Schmalkalden (1537), where he defended the use of the See also:

• SACRAMENT

sacrament by the unbelieving; and (1539) spoke out strongly against the See also:

• BIGAMY (from Lat. bis, twice, and Gr. ya,uor, marriage)

bigamy of the See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• NAUMBURG

Naumburg-See also:

• ZEITZ

Zeitz, he was installed there (See also:

• JANUARY

January 20, 1542), though in opposition to the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter, by the elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony and Luther . His position was a painful one, and he longed to get back to Magdeburg, but was persuaded by Luther to stay . After Luther's death (1546) and the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Miihlberg (1547) he had to yield to his See also:

• RIVAL

rival, See also:

• JULIUS

Julius von Pflug, and retire to the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar . Here he took part in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding See also:

• JENA

Jena University (1548); opposed the " See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg See also:

• INTERIM

Interim " (1548); superintended the publication of the Jena edition of Luther's See also:

• WORKS

works; and debated on the freedom of the will, See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin, and, more noticeably, on the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian value of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good works, in regard to which he held that they were not only useless, but prejudicial . He urged the separation of the High Lutheran party from See also:

• MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon (1557), got the Saxon See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes to oppose the See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

Recess (1558) and continued to fight for the purity of Lutheran doctrine . He died at See also:

• EISENACH

Eisenach on the 14th of May 1565, and was buried in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George there, where his effigy shows a well-knit See also:

• FRAME

frame and See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp-cut features .

He was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of strong will, of See also:

• GREAT

great aptitude for controversy, and considerable learning, and thus exercised a decided influence on the Reformation . Many letters and other See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short productions of his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen are extant in MS., especially five thick volumes of Amsdorfiana, in the Weimar library . They are a valuable source for our knowledge of Luther . A small See also:

• SECT

sect, which adopted his See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion on good works, was called after him; but it is now of See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• INTEREST

interest .