Karl von Miltitz
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Karl von Miltitz (c. 1490 – 20 November 1529) was a
Biography
He was born in
His Saxon heritage, however, made him a natural liaison between the papal court and
On 15 October 1518 Miltitz was appointed
Miltitz's later meetings with Luther in Liebenwerda (October 1519) and in Lichtenburg, near Wittenberg (October 1520) were fruitless. With his statements at the Leipzig Debate in 1519 and the three treatises To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church and On the Freedom of a Christian, all published in 1520, Luther destroyed all hope of reconciliation.
Miltitz investigated the conduct of Tetzel and accused him of perpetrating numerous frauds and embezzlements. Miltitz was later discredited to the point where his claims carry no historical weight.
From 1523 until his death in 1529 Miltitz lived in
Bibliography
- Creutzberg, (Freiburg, 1907)
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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