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Martin Luther, 1528 portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther,_1528_(Veste_Coburg).jpg

Basic data

  1. November 10, 1483 in Eisleben
  2. †
    February 18, 1546 in Eisleben
  3. Reformator, Theologe, Komponist
  4. Erfurt, Wittenberg

Iconography

Martin Luther, 1528 portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Source: Wikimedia)
Portraits of Luther's parents, Hans and Margarethe Luther, by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1527 (Source: Wikimedia)
In July 1505, Luther entered St. Augustine's Monastery in Erfurt (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther's residence at the University of Wittenberg, where he began teaching theology in 1508 (Source: Wikimedia)
A 1520 engraving of Luther as a friar with a tonsure (Source: Wikimedia)
A posthumous portrait of Luther as an Augustinian friar[32] (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther at Erfurt, an 1861 portrait by Joseph Noel Paton depicting Luther discovering the doctrine of sola fide (by faith alone) (Source: Wikimedia)
The Catholic sale of indulgences shown in A Question to a Mintmaker, a woodcut by Jörg Breu the Elder of Augsburg, c. 1530 (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther's theses are engraved into the door of All Saints' Church, Wittenberg; the Latin inscription above informs the reader that the original door was destroyed by a fire, and that in 1857, King Frederick William IV of Prussia ordered that a replacement be made. (Source: Wikimedia)
Pope Leo X's Bull against the errors of Martin Luther, 1521, commonly known as Exsurge Domine (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther (right) meeting Cardinal Cajetan (left) (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther Before the Diet of Worms, an 1877 portrait by Anton von Werner (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther Monument in Worms, a statue of Luther surrounded by the figures of his lay protectors and earlier Church reformers, including John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and Girolamo Savonarola (Source: Wikimedia)
Wartburg Castle in Eisenach (Source: Wikimedia)
The Wartburg room where Luther translated the New Testament into German; an original first edition is kept in the case on the desk. (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther disguised as "Junker Jörg" in 1521 (Source: Wikimedia)
Lutherhaus, Luther's residence in Wittenberg (Source: Wikimedia)
The Twelve Articles of peasants' demands, issued in 1525 (Source: Wikimedia)
A 1526 portrait of Katharina von Bora, Luther's wife, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther at his desk with family portraits (Source: Wikimedia)
Church orders, Mecklenburg 1650 (Source: Wikimedia)
Lutheran church liturgy and sacraments (Source: Wikimedia)
A stained glass portrayal of Luther (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther's 1534 Bible (Source: Wikimedia)
An early printing of Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (Source: Wikimedia)
Luther on the left with Lazarus being raised by Jesus from the dead, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1558 (Source: Wikimedia)
The Marburg Colloquy, by August Noack (Source: Wikimedia)
The 16th century battle between the Turks and the Christians (Source: Wikimedia)
Pulpit of St Andreas Church, Eisleben, where Johannes Agricola and Luther preached (Source: Wikimedia)
The original title page of On the Jews and Their Lies, written by Martin Luther in 1543 (Source: Wikimedia)

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