- Ludwig Haetzer
Ludwig Haetzer (also Ludwig Hetzer, Ludwig Hätzer and sometimes Ludwig Hatzer) (1500 –
4 February 1529 ) was anAnabaptist and associated with theProtestant reformation inGermany .Born in
Bischofszell ,Thurgau ,Switzerland , he wrote an article against the uses of images in worship, translated someLatin evangelical texts regarding the conversion ofJew s, together withHans Denck he translated the prophets of theBible into German (1528) and wrote a booklet discouraging the consumption ofalcohol . Haetzer regardedJesus as a leader and teacher only; not divine and not an object of worship.Haetzer attended the
Martyrs' Synod inAugsburg . He was executed bybeheading inKonstanz , Germany, on4 February 1529 .ee also
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Balthasar Hubmaier
*Conrad Grebel
*Felix Manz
*George Blaurock
*Jacob Kautz External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9040312 Ludwig Hetzer at Britanica]
* [http://www.gw.org/Sos/Sos23.htm Some biographical details]Persondata
NAME=Haetzer, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Hetzer, Ludwig;Hätzer, Ludwig
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH=1500
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bischofszell ,Thurgau ,Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH=February 4 ,1529
PLACE OF DEATH=Konstanz , Germany
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