REFORMATION 500 50 Reformation sites


As we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Living Lutheran is exploring 500 of its unique aspects, continuing the series this month with 50 Reformation locations.


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University of Erfurt, Germany


Martin Luther enrolled here in 1501 with the intention of studying law. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1502 and his master’s in 1505.


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St. Augustine’s Monastery, Erfurt Luther left law school to enter the Augustinian


cloister here in 1505. He took his monastic vow in 1506 and was ordained in 1507.


4


University of Wittenberg, Germany In 1512, Luther received his doctorate and


joined the theological faculty here. Today the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg is located in Halle, while the original campus is home to its convention center.


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Rome, Italy When Luther took a pilgrimage here in 1509—


seeing firsthand St. Peter’s Basilica and the Scala Santa, among other sites—it was a formative moment in his lifelong skepticism about church practices.


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The Town and Parish Church of St. Mary, Wittenberg, Germany


Considered the “Mother Church of the Reformation,” it held the first celebration of mass in German. Luther preached hundreds of sermons here.


Heylshof Garden, Worms, Germany After being excommunicated by the pope,


Luther was called before the Diet of Worms here in 1521 to answer charges of heresy. He was declared an outlaw in the Edict of Worms.


Augsburg, Germany At the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, the Augsburg


Confession, which became Lutheranism’s primary confession of faith, was presented.


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