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Sebastian Franck

German reformer and spiritualist whose ideas are mentioned in the context of radical Protestantism.

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Also known as Sebastian Franck, Franck

First appearance: d the baptist sects

Sebastian Franck shows up with force in A. Calvinism. The page is where that presence becomes real.

His observation that the Reformation made every Christian a monk for life.
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Sebastian Franck first appears in 0013 d the baptist sects.

In A. Calvinism: His observation that the Reformation made every Christian a monk for life.

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  • Ascetic Protestant Founders

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The emotional peak occurs in the sheer accumulation of scholarly citations, each footnote a desperate, obsessi…

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