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Christian feast day: Johannes Bugenhagen (Lutheran)

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Johannes Bugenhagen (Lutheran) from April 20, null

Johannes Bugenhagen

German Lutheran theologian and pastor (1485–1558)

Johannes Bugenhagen, also called Doctor Pomeranus by Martin Luther, was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. Contributions of Karlstadt and Luther to the translation of…
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Lutheranism

Major branch of Protestantism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation in 1517. The Lutheran Churches adhere to the…
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