Peter martyr vermigli biography of martin luther
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Each October, as Reformation Day rolls around, I’ve become accustomed to seeing memes of Luther with “thug life” glasses and Calvin with laser eyes. Occasionally we may also see digital memorials to other great men such as Wycliffe, Huss, Zwingli, and Knox.
Peter martyr vermigli biography of martin luther
But at 500 years out, many significant figures of the Reformation slip through the cracks of our modern memory.
One such figure is Peter Martyr Vermigli.
The Life of a Forgotten Reformer
Like Luther, this Italian Reformer became an Augustinian monk at a young age—about 15 years old.
He was so eager to learn and teach Scripture that he memorized entire books of the Bible during this period of his life.[1]And his faithfulness as a student must have been apparent because he was hand-picked to attend the University of Padua—one of the most significant schools of the day.
The rigorous education he received at Padua made him somewhat unique among the Reformers.
In fact, Richard Muller says he was “probably the most highly trained