German federal court rejects bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
Berlin, GermanyAP A German federal court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man’s bid to have a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue removed from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The Federal Court of Justice upheld rulings by lower courts on the “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg – one of more […]
Germany marks 500 years since Martin Luther’s 95 theses sparked Reformation
Church and political leaders have marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at a service in Wittenberg’s Castle Church in Germany – the site where, on 31st October, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses denouncing church abuses to the door. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier were both at the service […]
REFORMATION 500: HERE HE STOOD – LUTHERAN PILGRIMS TRAVEL TO GERMANY FOR ANNIVERSARY
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER reports from Germany for Religion News Service…
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘500 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, LUTHER NAILED IT…’
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s poster for October…
REFORMATION: GERMAN PRESIDENT AND DANISH QUEEN ATTEND CELEBRATION AT CHURCH WHERE LUTHER NAILED 95 THESES
STEPHEN BROWN, in an article first published on the World Council of Churches website, reports on the rededication of the church where the Lutheran Reformation began…