Erfurt Cathedral
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Erfurt Cathedral, also known as St Mary's Cathedral, is the largest and oldest church building in the Thuringian city of Erfurt, central Germany. It is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese
Erfurt Cathedral (left) and St Severus's Church (right)
The altar
The Foolish Virgins of the parable The Ten Virgins
Wolfram candelabra
Martin Luther
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Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs for
Erfurt Cathedral
…collapsed during an assembly summoned by Henry VI, King of Germany. About 60 people, including many nobles, drowned in the liquid excrement underneath. Martin Luther was ordained in the cathedral on 3 April 1507. The architecture of Erfurt Cathedral is mainly Gothic and originates from the 14th and 15th centuries…
Portrait of Martin Luther, 1528
Portraits of Luther's parents, Hans and Margarethe Luther, by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1527
In July 1505, Luther entered St. Augustine's Monastery in Erfurt
Luther's residence at the University of Wittenberg, where he began teaching theology in 1508