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Johann Maier von Eck | |
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![]() Johann Maier von Eck | |
Born | 13 November 1486 |
Died | 10 February 1543 | (aged 56)
Occupation(s) | German Scholastic theologian, Catholic prelate, and early counterreformer |
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Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the Counter-Reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important interlocutors and theological opponents.