Luther stood not on the pronouncements of popes, or the decisions of councils, or the winds of popular opinion, but on “that word above all earthly powers.”

Here He Stood: Martin Luther (1483–1546)

Katharina von Bora

Katharina married Martin Luther to survive as a runaway nun, but their marriage proved to be a model in a time when “pastor’s wife” was a new role.

The Runaway Nun: Katharina von Bora (1499–1552)

Johannes Bugenhagen

The Reformation required more than theological giants. It also demanded organizational geniuses.

The Administrative Pastor: Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558)

Zacharius Ursinus

He took the lead role in writing the Heidelberg Catechism, one of the most ringing affirmations of faith in all of Christian history.

The Happy Professor: Zacharius Ursinus (1534–1583)

Theodore Beza

Theodore Beza gave form to what we now call Calvinism by explaining and defending the biblical doctrines Calvin had rediscovered.

The First Calvinist: Theodore Beza (1519–1605)

Lady Jane Grey was a teenage victim of social and political conspiracy, beheaded at seventeen for her faith. But her life is far from a tragedy.

The Teenage Martyr: Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537–1554)

Pierre Viret

Pierre Viret knew how to contend for the truth of God’s word with theological rigor and courage. He also knew how to do it with a smile.

The Smile of the Reformation: Pierre Viret (1511–1571)

Robert Estienne

Robert Estienne was the premier printer of the Protestant cause. He put Reformation doctrine and the Bible itself into the hands of ordinary people.

The Ink: Robert Estienne (1503–1559)

John Calvin

The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.

The Genius of Geneva: John Calvin (1509–1564)

John Knox

John Knox feared the face of no man, which equipped him to bring reform to his homeland in the Highlands.

The Champion of the Kirk: John Knox (c. 1513–1572)

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Peter Waldo

This proto-reformer’s protest against the Catholic Church was the first tremor of the coming spiritual earthquake.

The First Tremor: Peter Waldo (Died by 1218)

Jan Hus

Jan Hus was a preacher, a political figure, a prophet, a proto-Reformer, and a martyr of the first class.

The Goosefather: Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415)

Girolamo Savonarola condemned the pope’s abuses and elevated the authority of Scripture — all while Luther was only a child.

The Florentine Forerunner: Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)

Philip Melanchthon

While Luther was brash, impulsive, and forceful, his brilliant young disciple was a timid, sober-minded unifier.

The Gentle Lutheran: Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560)

Wibrandis Rosenblatt

She was wife to four husbands, mother to eleven children, and disciple to one Lord who never left her side.

The Bride of the Reformation: Wibrandis Rosenblatt (1504–1564)

Ulrich Zwingli

Ulrich Zwingli brought the people of Zurich away from pomp, hypocrisy, and idolatry and back to the Bible, the gospel, and Jesus Christ.

The Swiss Giant: Ulrich Zwingli (1484–1531)

One Lord, one faith, one stake. The story of two great Reformers burned at the same stake.

The British Candle: Latimer (c. 1485–1555) and Ridley (c. 1502–1555)

Hellen Stirke

Hellen Stirke did not debate theology, write a treatise, or preach to hundreds. She just staked her soul on Scripture — and paid for it with her life.

The Ordinary Virgin Mary: Hellen Stirke (Died 1543)

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer led England from Roman Catholicism, and shaped England’s theology perhaps more than any other Reformer.

The Gospel Lobbyist: Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556)

Hans Gooseflesh

He never preached a sermon and never authored a theological treatise. He was a Reformer by accident — or, better, by common grace.

The Accidental Reformer: Hans Gooseflesh (c. 1400–1468)

Marie Dentière

What Marie Dentière lacked in feminine modesty or humility for her day, she made up for with unrivaled zeal for the gospel.

The First Lady in France: Marie Dentière (c. 1495–1561)

William Tyndale

William Tyndale gave his life so British commoners could know the Bible — not in Latin, but in their own mother tongue.

The Underground Translator: William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536)

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