Johann Eck

Johann Eck
Born
Johann Maier

13 November 1486
Eck
Died10 February 1543(1543-02-10) (aged 56)
Ingolstadt
OccupationsGerman Scholastic theologian, Catholic prelate, and early counterreformer
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Johann Eck (13 November 1486 – 10 February 1543), also known as Johann Maier von Eck and often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Roman Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and opponent of Martin Luther.

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