Caspar Schwenckfeld

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Caspar (or Kaspar) Schwenckfeld (or Schwenkfeld) von Ossig (; 1489 or 1490 – 10 December 1561) was a German court adviser, theologian, writer, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia.

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