“Do not fight against these harmful spells. For you do not know what God wants with them. You do not know the greater divine plan behind it all.”

—  Martin Luther

As attributed by Kai Lehmann, curator of the exhibition &quot;Luther und die Hexen&quot; (&quot;Luther and the witches&quot;). (2013) in “Interview with Dr. Kai Lehmann, curator of the exhibition &quot;Luther und die Hexen&quot; (&quot;Luther and the witches&quot;)“ https://www.luther2017.de/en/wiki/martin-luther-and-the-witches/kai-lehmann-martin-luther-firmly-believed-in-witches/ <br class="br">Disputed

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seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483–1546

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