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Laurentius Petri Nericius (1499 – 27 October 1573) was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa , regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden.
Laurentius Petri was a Lutheran churchman, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden and the first Protestant archbishop of Uppsala (1531–73). His influence was very great, although he was less dynamic and forceful than his brother Olaus.
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Olaus Petri was a Lutheran churchman who, with his brother Laurentius, played a decisive role in the reformation of the Swedish church. He studied at Wittenberg (1516–18) and absorbed the reformed teaching of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. When Gustavus Vasa was crowned king in 1523, Olaus.
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Laurentius Petri Nericius was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden.
Archbishop Laurentius Petri (1499–1573) was the first evangelical archbishop of Uppsala. He held his office from 1531 until his death, setting the direction of the Swedish Reformation during over four decades.
This article presents the ecclesiology of Laurentius Petri, former student in Wittenberg and Archbishop of Uppsala (1531–73). As a major actor in the Swedish Reformation, Laurentius Petri...
Laurentius Petri Nericius (1499 – 27 October 1573) was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia.
