Claim: Thomas Muntzer opposed Martin Luther, distributing pamphlets in 1523 despite not being officially appointed within the church; he may be partially responsible for the creation of the first document regarding human rights after the Roman Empire.
Evidence: Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489 – 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and radical theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Roman Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany. He was not appointed to any pulpit, but this did not stop him from preaching, agitating, and publishing pamphlets against Luther.