Niels Hemmingsen
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1513 – 1600
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Who was Niels Hemmingsen?
Niels Hemmingsen was a Danish Lutheran theologian. He studied at the University of Wittenberg 1537 to 1542 under Melanchthon. Returning to Denmark, he became a prolific author of works in Latin. In 1574 he published Syntagma institutionum christianarum, but was obliged to retract it in 1576 following pressure from Augustus I of Saxony to suppress Crypto-Calvinism.
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- Born
- 1513
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Education
- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
- Died
- 1600
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on July 23, 2013
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