biography
pronunciation:
[kemnits]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1522–86)
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| biography:
| Lutheran theologian, born in Treuenbrietzen, EC Germany. He studied at Wittenberg under Melanchthon, became librarian at Königsberg in 1549, and continued his theological studies. He entered the Lutheran ministry in 1553 as pastor, and in 1567 became superintendant of Braunschweig. He worked to unite the Lutheran Church (split after Luther's death), and was primarily responsible for the Formula of Concord (1577). |
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