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Brenz, Johannes (yōhän`əs brĕnz), c.1522–67, German Protestant reformer. After coming under the influence of Johannes Oecolampadius Oecolampadius, Johannes (yōhän`əs ökōlämpä`dē
..... Click the link for more information. and Martin Luther 4)), which was written by Melanchthon at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 with the sanction of Luther, who was not permitted to attend. About this time the control of the Lutheran Church had passed further into the hands of the Protestant princes.
..... Click the link for more information. , Brenz stopped celebrating Mass (1523) and gave himself over to biblical exposition. He defended Luther's doctrine of the real presence of Jesus during the sacramentarian controversy (1525) in his Syngramma Suevicum. During the Schmalkaldic War (see Schmalkaldic League Schmalkaldic League (shmälkäl`dĭk), alliance formed in 1531 at Schmalkalden by Protestant princes and delegates of free cities.
..... Click the link for more information. ) he sought protection under Duke Ulrich of Württemberg, and became the leader of the Reformation in Württemberg.