Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation

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Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation

Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation!. Print shows Luther burning papal bull of excommunication, with vignettes from Luthers life and portraits of Hus, Savonarola, Wycliffe, Cruciger, Melanchton, Bugenhagen, Gustav Adolf, & Bernhard, duke of Saxe-Weimar. Date c1874. Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation!. Print shows Luther burning papal bull of excommunication, with vignettes from Luthers life and portraits of Hus, Savonarola, Wycliffe, Cruciger, Melanchton, Bugenhagen, Gustav Adolf, & Bernhard, duke of Saxe-Weimar. Date c1874

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This print, entitled "Life of Martin Luther and Heroes of the Reformation," dates back to the year 1874. The image showcases a pivotal moment in history when Martin Luther, the German theologian and monk, publicly burned the papal bull of excommunication issued against him by the Catholic Church. This act of defiance marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, a religious and political upheaval that would forever change the course of Western civilization. Surrounding Luther in this print are portraits and vignettes of other key figures who played significant roles in the Reformation. Among them are Jan Hus, a Bohemian religious reformer whose ideas influenced Luther's own; Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar and political leader in Florence who preached against the corruption of the Church; John Wycliffe, an English scholar and theologian who is considered the father of the English Reformation; Andreas Karlstadt and Ulrich Zwingli, early leaders of the Swiss and German Reformations, respectively; Philip Melanchthon, Luther's close collaborator and the architect of the reformed theology; Johannes Bugenhagen, a German theologian and reformer who played a crucial role in the spread of the Reformation in northern Germany; Gustav Adolf, the Swedish king who became a champion of the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years' War; and Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, who supported Luther and the Reformation in his territories. This powerful and evocative print serves as a testament to the courage and conviction of these heroes of the Reformation, who dared to challenge the established religious and political order and paved the way for the modern world.

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