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Martin Luther
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His views on political order were solidified in works like On Temporal Authority (1524), where he argued for a strict separation of the spiritual and secular realms, asserting that the state derived its authority from God to maintain civil peace. This perspective sometimes led to pragmatic alliances with secular rulers against radical reformers or peasant uprisings, such as the German Peasants' War (1524–1525), which Luther vehemently condemned 7].
Luther died in Eisleben in 1546. His theological framework directly spawned Lutheranism and pro…