"While Gropper no doubt accomplished much good by his opposition to the innovations of the reformers, it is but too evident that his zeal for union sometimes led him to sacrifice Catholic principles."
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Henry Joseph Schroeder, John Gropper (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Johann Gropper
Johann Gropper (24 February 1503 – 13 March 1559) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church.
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