Notes on A Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church


Hieronymus Emser (1477-1527), born in Ulm, Germany. Studied in Tübingen and Basel. A polemicist who engaged Luther and Zwingli in pamphlet warfare. Helped to reform the catholic church in Germany. Published a version of Luther's New Testament that corrected what he saw as errors in theology and translation, thereby attracting Luther's wrath and the charge of plagarism.


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