Reformation in Germany

disputation by Martin Luther on indulgences

1530 primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church

diets of the Holy Roman Empire held in Augsburg

1548 imperial decree of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

statement of Anabaptist principles

three reformers of religion, in Germany, in the 16th century

book

German jurist (ca. 1485-1557)

Gnesio-Lutherans (from Greek γνήσιος [gnesios]: genuine, authentic) is a modern name for a theological party in the Lutheran churches, in opposition to the Philippists after the death of Martin Luther and before the Formula of Concord. In their own day, they were called Flacians by their opponents and simply Lutherans by themselves. Later, Flacian became to mean an adherent of Matthias Flacius' view of original sin, rejected by the Formula of Concord. In a broader meaning, the term Gnesio-Lutheran is associated mostly with the defence of the doctrine of Real Presence, along with the practice E

Exile of Protestant Salzburgers (1731-1732)

1521 work by Philipp Melanchthon

1541

first Lutheran hymnal

German nobleman, 1480-1560

Meeting of the deliberative body of the Holy Roman Empire

an Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire in 1526

painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger

second Lutheran hymnal

1544 meeting

painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Wawel Castle