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Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein, a German reformer, born in Carlstadt in 1480. He was appointed profe or of theology at Wittenberg in 1513. About 1517 he became one of Luther’s warmest supporters. He was excommunicated by the bull against Luther, and was the first to appeal from the Pope to a general council. In 1524 he declared himself publicly the opponent of Luther, and commenced the controversy respecting the sacrament, denying the bodily presence of Christ in the sacramental] elements. This controversy ended in the separation of the Calvinists and Luther ans. After many misfortunes he settled as vicar and profe or of theology at Basel, where he died, Dec. 25, 1541.