What is Thomas Müntzer?
{{Infobox person | name = Thomas Müntzer | image = Thomas Muentzer.jpg | caption = Müntzer, in a 1608 engraving by [[Christoffel van Sichem|Christoffel Van Sichem]] | birth_date = {{circa|1489}} | birth_place = [[Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt|Stolberg]], [[County of Stolberg]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] | death_date = 27 May {{Death year and age|1525|1489}} | death_place = [[Mühlhausen|Free Imperial City of Mühlhausen]], Holy Roman Empire | occupation = [[Radical Reformation]] preacher, theologian, early [[Protestant Reformers|Reformer]] | signature = Autograf Thomasa Müntzera.jpg }} '''Thomas Müntzer''' (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1489 – 27 May 1525) was a [[Germany|German]] preacher of the early [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. He became also a leader of the uprising well known as the [[German Peasant's War]]. [[Theology]] of Muntzer combines [[Spirituality|spiritual]] elements, [[Apocalypse|apocalyptic]] elements, and [[Socialism|social]] elements. He believed that the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]], with which he had quarrels, was similar to the [[Whore of Babylon]] from the [[Book of Revelation]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GCfCQAAQBAJ&dq=thomas+muntzer+roman+catholic+church+babylon+whore&pg=PT170|title=Menno Simons: Dutch Reformer Between Luther, Erasmus, and the Holy Spirit a Study in the Problem Areas of Menno Scholarship|last=Friesen|first=Abraham|date=2015-05-16|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-5035-6283-7|language=en}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Muntzer, Thomas}} [[Category:German theologians]] [[Category:1489 births]] [[Category:1525 deaths]]