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Wittenberg

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Wittenberg, the cradle of the Reformation. M. Luther became a professor at its university in 1508. In 1517 he affixed his 95 theses against indulgences to the door of the Schlosskirche, and in 1522 Protestant public worship was celebrated for the first time in the parish church here.

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