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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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[Nuremberg Chronicle]
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[Hartmann Schedel]
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1493
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de Beer Ge 1493 S
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Books
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Nuremberg: Anton Koberger
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The medieval Western world was a religious one. Most people attended church, went on pilgrimages, prayed and took part in religious processions. A strong piety existed, with the ever-present need to ask for God’s blessing and protection. This image is from Schedel’s famous <em>Nuremberg Chronicle</em> and was based on a Ptolemaic map of 1482. This ‘Second Age of the World’ contains Asia, Europe and Africa and places such as the Canaries (Isles of the Blessed), Scotia (Scotland), Scythia, and Hibernia (Ireland). It reinforced to readers the biblical tradition that all humankind was descended from Noah’s three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Despite Schedel’s attempt to dispel superstitious myths, the weird and wonderful remained: the ‘naked and hairy men who linger in rivers’ and ‘Apothami, who spend time in the water and are half man, half horse’. A huge success in its time, the <em>Chronicle</em> today bears witness to the intellectual climate in Europe about 1500.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Bilder des Todes
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Hans Holbein
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[1917]
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Brasch Collection NE1150.5 HP94 A4 1917
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Books
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Leipzig: Insel-Verlag
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War, famine, disease, and violence prevailed in Europe. Death danced across the European stage and the German artist Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1497-1543) captured a visual truism: Death accosts all manner of people; no one escapes his grasp. Many folk prayed and undertook activities that they hoped would lead to an improved life on earth and, God willing (divine judgment), gain entrance into Heaven. Here is Holbein’s ‘Der Münch’ (The Monk): the holy man tries to ‘do a runner’, but Death catches him by the cowl.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Book of Hours
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___
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c. late 15th century
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de Beer M.S. 02
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Manuscripts
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___
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Although there was growing criticism of the Church in the 15th century, the Pope’s authority was still recognized. Up to that period, the Papal Court had improved its standing somewhat, especially through the efforts of Popes Nicholas V (1447-55), and Pius II (1458-64). A cornerstone of religious practice was the <em>Book of Hours</em>, a devotional work that almost every ‘good’ house owned. Apart from texts, prayers, and psalms, these works contained a Calendar that listed important religious events such as the Easter Cycle, celebratory Saints days, and holy days (holidays), often in red. One entry for July in this late 15th century French manuscript is the ‘red-letter’ day of ‘Marie Magdalene’, usually observed on the 22nd of that month.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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[German Bible]
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___
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1483
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de Beer Ge 1483 B
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Incunabula
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Nuremberg: Anton Koberger
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The standard version of the Bible in medieval Europe was the Latin version of the Old and New Testament translated by St Jerome (AD 347-420), and known as the <em>Vulgate</em>. It was this version that Johannes Gutenberg first printed in Mainz, Germany, c.1455. Prior to Luther’s own translation, there were some seventeen versions in High and Low German available to readers. One well-known ‘High German’ edition was completed by Anton Koberger, entrepreneurial printer and god-father to artist Albrecht Dürer, in 1483. The plague of locusts is but one of the many remarkable woodcut illustrations in the book.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Opusculum de Mirabilibus Novae et Veteris Urbis Romae
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Francesco Albertini
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1519
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de Beer Swb 1519 A
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Books
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[Basel]: Thomas Wolfe
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In 1417, delegates at the Council of Constance (1414-18) elected Martin V as Pope, effectively ending the Great Schism (1378-1417). This unification not only re-confirmed Rome (and the Vatican) as the Papal centre, but it prompted a revitalisation: Nicholas V (1447-55), the first Renaissance pope, planned a new basilica and palace; Sixtus IV (1471-84) and Alexander VI (1492-1503) contributed to the rebuild and revival of Rome. After election, each new pope would go to St Peter’s for crowning; the Basilica was traditionally the burial site of Peter, the first Pope. This woodcut by painter and printmaker Urs Graf (c. 1494- 1528), cut in 1512, depicts Apostles Peter and Paul: St Peter carries the keys of the kingdom of heaven (as noted in Matthew 16:18); St Paul a long sword.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Biblia Latina (Commentaries)
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Nicolai de Lyra
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31st July 1481
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Shoults Itc 1481 B v. 3
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Books/Manuscripts
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Venice: Johannes Herbort de Seligenstadt, et al.
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Indulgences offered remission of the penalty for sins, which otherwise had to be endured in Purgatory. While a legitimate part of the Church’s infrastructure, an ‘indulgence industry’ developed, with many abusing the system by selling off indulgences to raise funds for expensive projects like the Crusades or building cathedrals. Indeed, Archbishop Albert of Mainz (1490-1545) instructed his indulgence peddlers to travel as wide as possible, and gave advice on how to make the indulgence – often a piece of parchment festooned with seals – to look attractive. In the gutter of this <em>Commentary</em> on the <em>Bible</em> is the remaining fragment of an indulgence, printed by William Caxton in Westminster sometime after 9 August 1480. Used as a sewing guard, it is a supreme example of recycling.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Indulgentie Ecclesiar[um] Urbis Rome
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___
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December, 1515
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de Beer Itb 1515 M
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Book
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Rome: M. Silber
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In 1500, Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503), declared a Jubilee (a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon), which resulted in thousands of pilgrims flocking to Rome. No doubt some well-prepared travellers had copies of <em>Indulgentie Ecclesiar[um] Urbis Rome</em> in their pockets; a useful and early guidebook. This later printing of 1515 contains a description of the seven major churches in Rome and notable relics and granted indulgences. It is bound with <em>Mirabilia Urbis Rome</em>, a work that deals with ancient and Christian miracles in Rome. When Martin Luther travelled to Rome in 1511, he carried his own <em>Mirabilia</em> with him.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Correctori[um] Biblie
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[Jacobus Magdalius of Gouda, ed.]
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1508
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de Beer Gb 1508 M
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Books
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Cologne: Heinrich Quentel
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In the 13th century, theologians began in earnest to write <em>Correctories</em> to the text of Jerome’s <em>Vulgate</em> Bible (c. 4th cent), which had become corrupted over time through transcription and individual interpretation. Dominican friar and Hebrew scholar, Jacobus Magdalius (d. 1520), had his ‘version’ published in Cologne in 1508. This rare item is open to Magdalius’s corrections of the <em>Book of Psalms</em> – a topic that Luther lectured on in Wittenberg from 1513 to 1515. The words ‘Hieronymus’ and ‘Hiero’ appear often as Magdalius refers to Jerome and his <em>Vulgate</em>. Perhaps Luther made use of this printed edition to inform his lectures and interpretations of the <em>Psalms</em>.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Prima[-secvnda] pars Chronici Carionis Latine Expositi et Avcti Multis...
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Philip Melanchthon
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1562
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Books
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[Wittenberg: George Rhau]
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Wittenberg University was founded in 1502 and a printing press was established at the same time to supply students and lecturers with scholarly texts. When Luther arrived in Wittenberg to teach theology in 1508, the printer in residence was Johannes Rhau-Grunenberg. Before 1517, and the advent of Luther’s 95 theses, an average of eight books was published in Wittenberg per year. After 1517, in the next three decades, over 91 books were published per year – three million individual copies – one in three of which were penned by Luther himself. Within 40 years, Wittenberg became ‘Germany’s largest publishing centre’ (Pettegree, 2015). This volume by Philip Melanchthon, Luther’s friend and colleague, was printed by Rhau-Grunenberg’s son, George.
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Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Town of Wittenberg, 1546
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1546
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Several places in modern day Wittenberg have become UNESCO World Heritage sites because of their association with Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Was die Evangelisch Messe [sic] sei Grundliche unnd Christenliche Anzeigung
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Johan Fabri of Heilbronn
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1557
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de Beer Gb 1557 F
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Books
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[Dillingen: Sebald Mayer]
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Would the Protestant Reformation have been as successful and widespread without the technology of printing? Probably not. Luther believed printing was ‘heaven sent’ to ‘spread God’s word and banish error’ (Pettegree, 2015). He certainly put it to good use. In the decade after 1517, in a battle of the doctrines, Protestant and Catholic, about 7,000,000 pamphlets were printed. Luther was the author of a quarter of them. Each pamphlet was reprinted multiple times in various parts of Germany. The word spread quickly and Luther made sure to write in German to reach a larger audience. In fact, printing in the vernacular, as opposed to Latin, became more commonplace as this German-language volume by Catholic preacher and Reformation opponent, Johann Faber (d. 1558) of Heilbronn, attests.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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‘Jan Hus’ from [Herōologia Anglica]
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[James Stewart]
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1620
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Books
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[Arnhem: Printed by Jan Jansson at the expenses of Crispin van de Passe and Jan Jansson for Henry Holland, London]
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Religious reformer Jan Hus (c. 1370-1415) was born in Bohemia (Czech Republic) and studied in Prague. He was ordained as a priest in 1402 and became preacher at the Bethlehem Chapel. Hus admitted that he initially took up the priesthood to achieve a certain standard of living and reputation; however, he began to denounce the church’s practices of ‘fleecing the faithful’ (Fudge, 2010). Hus closely followed, and was influenced by, the polemical writings of John Wycliffe. He refused to submit to papal authority. In 1412, he exiled himself, during which time he wrote 15 books and continued to oppose Church and Pope. In 1415, at the Council of Constance in Germany, Hus was charged with heresy, and on 6th July, was stripped naked and his hair cut. After which, his soul was condemned to Hell and he was burned at the stake.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Arbor uite crucifixe Iesu
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Ubertino de Casale
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1485
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Books
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[Venice]: Andream de Bonettis de Papia
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Ubertino de Casale (1259-1329) entered a Franciscan monastery in the Genoa region of Italy at age fourteen. By the turn of the century, Casale had developed his more radical beliefs. He believed in ‘absolute’ poverty and criticised the church, its’ Pope, and the Franciscans themselves. In 1305, the troublesome and argumentative monk was banished by his own order to an isolated monastery at Mount Alverna in central Italy. While there, in just over three months, he wrote his seminal work, <em>Arbor vite</em> (‘The Tree of the Crucified Life of Jesus’). In it, Casale writes of reform, renewal, and the apocalypse; and he criticises Popes Boniface VIII and Benedict XI, calling them ‘Beasts of the Apocalypse’. This work was printed in Venice in 1485. Someone has clearly read and marked this page, which shows the end of Book II and the beginning of Book III.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Three Treatises
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John Wycliffe
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1851
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Books
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Dublin: Hodges and Smith
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Oxford professor and theologian, John Wycliffe (c. 1329-84), was one of the main instigators of religious reform in England. A prolific writer, Wycliffe condemned the Church’s ownership of property, the luxury and privilege enjoyed by the clergy, indulgences, confession, and even the papacy itself. In his treatise, <em>De Ecclesia et Membris eius</em> (above p. vi, ‘And þus [thus] it is a blynd fooly…’), Wycliffe states ‘it is blind folly… men should fight for the pope more than…for belief’. Wycliffe also promoted and oversaw the translation of Jerome’s <em>Vulgate</em> into Middle English. Because of his polemic, he was ‘ordered to be silent’ and Pope Gregory XI (d. 1378) issued papal bulls against him. Some years after his death, Wycliffe was declared a heretic, his body was exhumed, burned, and the ashes were cast into a river.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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‘John Wyclif’ from [Herōologia Anglica]
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[James Stewart]
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1620
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[Arnhem: Printed by Jan Jansson …for Henry Holland, London]
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Portrait image of Oxford professor and theologian, John Wycliffe (c. 1329-84).
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Katharina von Bora: A Reformation Life
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Rudolf K. and Marilynn Morris Markwald
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2002
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Private Collection. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
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St Louis: Concordia Publishing House
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Katharina (Kate) von Bora (1499-1552) entered her first convent at age five. Her father was an impoverished gentleman farmer and in 1509, he decided, without consulting her, that she should become a nun. During her 18 monastic years, Kate learned to read and write Latin and German. In the 1520s, Luther’s writings made their way to Kate in her convent. After reading them and contacting Luther himself, she made the decision, along with eleven other nuns, to escape. This they did, in April 1523, with the help of Luther and a local merchant. Despite Luther’s initial reticence, the couple married in 1525, and they had six children. Kate, ‘a busy, talented, and forceful woman’ (Stjerna, 2009), developed and ran farming projects to supplement the household income and took part in the ‘Table Talk’ at the Luther home. She was the ‘ultimate Reformer’s spouse’.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Facsimile ‘Der Buhler Vogelherd’, c. 1535 from Flugblatter der Reformation und des Bauernfrieges
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Niclas Stör
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1975
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Leipzig: Insel-Verlag Anton Kippenberg
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In medieval times, women had three options – wife, nun, whore. After the Reformation, those options shrank as many convents were closed in newly converted Protestant areas. Reformers rejected celibacy, advocating marriage and attendance to the family as a ‘religious vocation’ for women. Men and women were considered equal in the ethereal eyes of the Lord, but not in the home where women were still expected to be subservient to men and do all the chores. The women, in this image above, have turned society on its allegorical head. The ‘deceptive’ women, helped by the devil (at right) have ‘bewitched’ the men, from all walks of life, into a trap. In a time of religious and political instability, the artist is portraying an image of society in moral decline.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Argula von Grumbach: A Woman before her Time
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Peter Matheson
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2013
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Private Collection. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
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Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books
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In the 16th century, women were expected not to have opinions on theology. One who did not adhere to this philosophy was Bavarian noblewoman, Argula von Grumbach (1492-c.1555). Described by Peter Matheson as the ‘first woman publicist’, Argula challenged scholars, the Church, and lawmakers in eight published pamphlets. She corresponded with Frederik the Wise, Spalatin, and Luther, who described her as a ‘special instrument of Christ’s work’. None of the educational or ecclesiastical institutions she wrote to ever replied to her personally but they did call her names: ‘silly bag’, ‘female devil’, and ‘heretical bitch’. Her husband, who was still faithful to the ‘Old Church’, lost his administrative office because of her writings, and was told to control ‘his woman’. Clearly, Argula made the established patriarchy feel incredibly uncomfortable.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Luther’s Works. Career of the Reformer I
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Edited by Harold J. Grimm
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1957
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Central BR330 E5 1955, v. 31
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Books
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Philadelphia: Fortress Press
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, he arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source of true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray directly to God or Christ, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October, 1517, All Saints’ Day Eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, he is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. Printed by local printer Johann Rhau-Grunenberg, these points of disputation, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences; forty-four made direct reference to the Pope or the papacy. The theses were posted to initiate scholarly debate. This page shows propositions 28 to 48.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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‘Martin Luther’ from [Herōologia Anglica]
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[James Stewart]
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1620
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[Arnhem: Printed by Jan Jansson …for Henry Holland, London]
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Image of Protestant reformer, Martin Luther.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Ein Schon Sermonn tzu Erffurdt geprediget
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Martin Luther
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1522 (1922 Jubilee Facsimile)
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Private Collection
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Pamphlet
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Erfurt: Michael Buchfuehrer
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Luther was primarily a preacher, and he followed the precept that ‘Christ Himself wrote nothing, nor did He give command to write, but to preach orally.’ He was forever delivering sermons, calculated at preaching some 7000 between 1510 and 1546; almost 200 per year, or four a week. Luther’s <em>Sermon on Indulgences and Grace</em> (<em>Eynn Sermon von dem Ablasz und Gnade</em>) was printed in April 1518. Written in German, it was a best-seller. Reprinted 14 times in 1518 alone, its success established the reputation of Luther. On 22 October 1522, Luther was at the Kaufmannskirche, one of the oldest parish churches in Erfurt. He delivered a sermon on the suffering of a Christian man. This is a facsimile of that sermon.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Hewitson Library, Knox College; various
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Adversus Latrocinantes et Raptorias Cohortes Rusticorum
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Martin Luther
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August, 1525
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Cologne: [S. Kruffter?]
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While travelling through Thuringia, east-central Germany, Luther learnt of the peasant unrest that would become known as the Peasants’ War of 1525. Fearful of a divided Christian Germany, he condemned the rulers who oppressed their subjects; he also condoned the killing of the rebels because they had ‘become faithless, perjured, disobedient, rebellious, murderers, robbers, and blasphemers…’. Even though he later modified his stance on this, his reputation suffered. Here is a Latin translation of Luther’s <em>Wider den Reubischen und Mördischen Rotten der Bauern</em> (<em>Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants</em>). It was issued by Catholic opponents in Cologne, and contains a response from Johannes Cochlaeus, Luther’s foe and first biographer.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Enchiridion Geistliker Leder unde Psalmen (1536)
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Facsimile edition by Stephen A. Crist
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1994
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Special Collections M2138 E5 1994
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Atlanta: Scholars Press
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On the engraving of Luther in Special Collections’ copy of <em>Herōologia Anglica</em>, there is a note: ‘Composer of the old Hundred Psalms’. Luther ranked music second only to theology. He was an accomplished lute and flute player. He also loved singing. He saw it as a powerful teaching tool, and an activity that promoted congregational participation. He also wrote songs. Between 1523 and 1524 he produced no fewer than forty hymns, some of which, like <em>Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott</em> (<em>A Mighty Fortress Is Our God</em>) and <em>Christ lag in Todesbanden</em> (<em>Christ Lay in Death’s Bondage</em>) are still sung today. This facsimile of the rare original (printed in Magdeburg in 1536) shows various hymnals written by Luther in Low German.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Die Propheten Alle Deutsch [The Bible], (Wittenberg: Hans Lufft, 1534)
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Translated by Martin Luther
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Facsimile edition 1935
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Private Collection
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Books
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Leipzig: U. Foersters Verlag
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While in exile at the Wartburg Castle, under the protection of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525), Luther began his translation of the New Testament, using the 1516 critical Greek edition by Erasmus. <em>Das Newe Testament Deutzsch</em> was published in September 1522. He then started on the Old Testament and Apocrypha, using a translation committee of friends such as Philip Melanchthon, Justus Jonas, and John Bugenhagen; his ‘Sanhedrin’ (transl. assembly or council). Completed in 1534, the entire Bible was in German – the language of the people. Essentially, with the aid of the printing press, Luther not only helped standardize the various regional dialects, but he also left the German people his greatest achievement. This is a facsimile of the first volume, reprinted in 1935.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation
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500 Years On: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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15th March 2017
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a friar and Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. While undertaking scriptural studies, Luther arrived at an essential tenet: the Bible alone was the source to salvation and true Christianity. Luther rejected the authority of the Pope, and thought that people should go to the church and pray, directly to God or Jesus, and not to anyone who claimed special powers or holiness. On 31st October 1517, All Saints’ Day eve, an occasion that attracted many pilgrims to the city, Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the church door. These disputations, in Latin, were a provocative attack on indulgences, which he saw as a money-making scheme by the Church. Initially posted to generate scholarly debate, the theses marked a beginning on the Reformation timeline. Importantly, it was not only the theses that sparked the revolution; the time was ripe for action. <br />Luther was a preacher with a prolific publication output. He utilised the relatively new technology of printing to disseminate his works, many slender tracts (<em>flugschrift</em>) and sermons written in German, to a wider audience. Supporters helped, including Philip Melanchthon and Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. And of course there were his opponents such as Johannes Cochlaeus, who wrote the first biography on him, and Emperor Charles V. The Papal authorities saw Luther as a ‘notorious heretic’, and he was excommunicated at the Diet of Worms in 1521. <br />This exhibition, <em>500 Years On. Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation</em>, is a celebratory one that not only acknowledges Luther’s provocative action back in October 1517, but also the result, the spread of Reform that followed across Europe. The major players in this drama include Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII, who was instrumental in starting the English Reformation. There was also the inevitable back-lash, those involved in the ‘Catholic’ Counter Reformation. On-going Catholic and Protestant differences resulted in the wholesale persecution of various sects, the English Civil War, and internal religious and social strife throughout many European countries. Luther’s legacy continues to impact the world today. <br />Thanks to the Department of Theology and Religion, especially Professor Murray Rae, the Rev Dr Peter Matheson, and Dr Brett Knowles
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Catalogus Hereticoru[m]
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[Bernard of Luxemburg]
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1526
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Shoults Gb 1526 B
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Books
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Cologne: Peter Quentel
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In 1520, Pope Leo X issued the bull <em>Exsurge Domine</em> that condemned Luther’s Protestant views as heretical. A year later, at the Diet of Worms, on 17th April 1521, Luther was summoned to either renounce or reaffirm his views. After much thought he stood firm, saying: ‘Unless I am convinced by proofs from Scriptures or by plain and clear reasons and arguments, I can and will not retract, for it is neither safe nor wise to do anything against conscience. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.’ On 25th May, Luther was officially an outlaw. Here is Bernard of Luxemburg’s popular <em>Catalogue of Heretics</em> that shows Luther on top of a ‘column of heresy’. Catholic iconography is evident: a demon blows ideas into Luther’s ear with a bellows; another drags him with a chain into the flames of hell.
Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation