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June 1468 A.D. Birth of Lutheran, “John the Constant,” Saxon
Elector, Leader of Princes, First “Protestant” & Signatory of Diet of
Speyers (1529) and Augsburg Confession.
John the Constant (1468 to 1532)
Lutheran
He resisted compromise.
John the Constant was born at Meissen, Germany. The
elector of Saxony, he declared in favor of the Reformation when he was 56. He
was called the constant for his refusal to compromise on religious issues. A
leader of the princes who protested the measures taken by the
Catholic-dominated Diet of Spires of 1529 (thus becoming one of the first to be
named a Protestant"). He signed the Augsburg (Lutheran) Confession and
helped organize the Protestant Schmalkaldic League.
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