Gynaeceum Haeretico Fanaticum: A History of False Prophetesses

Thomas Müntzer Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489–1525) was a radical Reformation preacher and a key figure in the Peasants' War. Orthodox writers often associated him with violent rebellion and religious extremism. had also previously been a preacher there, where he likewise spread his fanaticisms Fanaticisms: From the German "Schwärmereyen," a term used by mainstream reformers to dismiss those who claimed direct, mystical inspiration from the Holy Spirit. regarding divine revelations. Regarding this, his predecessor original: "Prædecessore" and forebear, he [Arnold] writes among other things in his Church History that he was of a strange temperament original: "humeurs" and of very great anger and fury.

Oh, what a worthy successor original: "Successor" to Müntzer is Gottfried Arnold indeed! For he also carries such anger and fury against the innocent Lutheran Church—which nevertheless bore and raised him in Annaberg—that he does not even know how or where he should pour it out! Such poisonous anger, which he in his