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inhabited by Protestant archbishops, joined only by nobles and princes. In the later centuries, separate church buildings were constructed along the Rhine region, due to controversial marriage laws that mandated Protestants and Catholics marry separately. The spreading of Protestant architecture was slower in other parts of Germany, however, such as the city of
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The reformation itself was grounded in a rebellion against the German Catholic church, emphasizing the primacy of the Bible, the abolition of the Catholic ritualistic mass and a rejection of clerical celibacy. The 19th century saw movements within German Protestantism involving practical devotion and
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rule of the region. This opposition increased citizens' church involvement; however, the end of the German Democratic Republic led to a demographic decline in the Protestant church as the role of political activism was lost. In terms of political affiliations throughout the German Democratic Republic
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The Protestant church has influenced German architecture. Among adherents to Protestantism in Germany were engineers, craftsmen and architects, enabling Lutheran constructions. The earliest Protestant constructions were in the 17th century, where the castles built along Germany's Middle Rhine were
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treated German Protestantism as a competitor to its geo-political power, issuing a decree in 1524 banning the recitation of its Lutheran works. This prompted riots across Germany and in 1529 a formal protestation was issued by a body of Protestant leaders and Princes, claiming the need for a clear
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movement within Germany was to question its existing power structures, imploring lay nobles for church reformation, critiquing the Roman mass, sacraments and seeking to reaffirm the importance of faith in good works. His subsequent excommunication from the Church ensured Germany had an ideological
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to spread their ideas. The printing press enabled the dispersion of Protestant literature throughout greater Germany. In order to curb this dispersion, the 16th-century Council of Trent compiled an Index of Prohibited Books in 1559, which included the works of Protestant theologians and those who
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where key Protestant theologians agreed on theological questions relevant to Germany. The Marburg Colloquy reforms included a restructuring of the Protestant Church in the light of the early church, the dissolution of monastic communities, establishment of Protestant universities, the regular
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is divided on the issue of stem cell research; however, those opposing liberalising laws have characterised it as a threat to the sanctity of human life. Within the German Democratic Republic, the Federation of Evangelical Churches, formed in June 1969 and lasting until April 1991, was where
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When the Reformation occurred, the art industry was declining in Germany; however, it provided a new inspiration for graphic arts, sculptures and paintings. Protestant churches displayed medieval images, along with uniquely Lutheran artistic traditions, such as the Wittenberg workshop of
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desired reform within the Church. This act reduced the ability for Protestant material to spread throughout Germany. One of the pioneers of Protestant literature was Phillip Melanchthon, who organised and consolidated the Lutheran movement in Germany in the early 16th century. His work
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where its first Protestant church was constructed in 1857. Large Protestant places of worship were commissioned across Germany, such as the Garrison Church in the city of Ulm built in 1910 which could hold 2,000 congregants. In the early 1920s, architects such as
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spiritual energy. The 20th century saw the creation of new Protestant organisations, such as the Evangelical Alliance, YMCA, and the German Student Christian movement, whose active participation involved church adherents from other nations.
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gained power, it actively destroyed the institutional structures of the Protestant church itself. After the fall of Nazi power post-1945, the wider church conducted a de-Nazification effort. At the conclusion of
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language. To achieve literacy across Germany, every child was forced to memorise the church's catechism. At the Marburg Colloquy of October 1529, it was decided by
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Seabold, S., & Dittmar, J. (2015). Media, Markets and Institutional Change: Evidence from the Protestant Reformation. Centre For Economic Performance, 2, 6-43.
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movement, emphasised the importance of Old Testament Law. Luther called upon the assistance of German princes to further the Protestant movement, namely
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Martin Luther's early reforms included an emphasis on the value music provides as an aid to worship. New branches of Protestantism, however, such as
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Stained glass window within the Sternberg Protestant Parish in Mecklenburg, commemorating the introduction of Protestantism in the region in 1549.
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were involved in changing Protestant architecture towards modern constructions. An example of this new form of architecture was the Protestant
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Protestant Cathedral erected in Berlin,1894.The altar is made of white marble, yellow onyx candleholders and gilded iron Apostles screen.
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against Protestantism was also employed, with several West German church periodicals banned by the government, including the official
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The initial effect of the Protestant revolution in Germany was to facilitate the entry of entrepreneurship with the decline of
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leaders to bolster their political movement. Protestant pastors, bishops and theologians utilised Luther's writings, such as
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in particular maintained objections to merging of the Protestant Church and Nazi state, resulting in some being sent to
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to German Protestantism and promoted Protestant unity, ensuring the anti-Baptist sect re-joined the wider church.
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and other prominent German Protestant reformers, that a Protestant university should be formed. This became the
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The Protestant church has influenced changes in wider culture in Germany, contributing to the debate around
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God and Caesar in East Germany. The conflicts of Church and State in East Germany since 1945, etc.
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divide between Protestant sects and other Christian denominations. Another prominent reformer,
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German sculpture of the later Renaissance, c. 1520-1580: art in an age of uncertainty
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and the right to autonomy. In February 1531, prominent Protestant Princes formed the
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In the immediate post-Reformation and subsequent decades, the Lutheran principle of
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The Protestant church published five regional papers throughout the GDR, including
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prejudice escalating in Germany. During one 1927 Protestant Church Congress in
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In the years after the Reformation, Luther and his followers utilised the
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was formed as a forum to discuss the direction of the church. Former
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in 1517. The key element of this religious upheaval was a break from
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writings of Martin Luther were used by some Protestant pastors and
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and those unaffiliated to either. In the early 20th century,
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(2018). 1622:Culture of Europe 1560:Glaube und Heimat 1456: 1389:were determined. 1335:Adolf von Harnack 1331:Julius Wellhausen 1287: 1286: 1127:Nondenominational 1087:Plymouth Brethren 979:Proto-Protestants 615: 614: 478:Mikhail Gorbachev 433:German chancellor 375:Confessing Church 323:German Christians 319:Confessing Church 275:French Revolution 226:Holy Roman Empire 207:Political effects 201:Thirty Years' War 194:who convened the 163:Roman Catholicism 83:Eastern Orthodoxy 63:Protestant Church 18:German Protestant 16:(Redirected from 4192: 4028:Great Divergence 3943:Age of Discovery 3888:Late Middle Ages 3858:High Middle Ages 3769:Byzantine Empire 3752:Christianization 3742:Migration Period 3677:Classical Greece 3649:Neolithic Europe 3621: 3614: 3607: 3598: 3597: 3547:Dependencies and 3251:Sovereign states 3237: 3230: 3223: 3214: 3213: 3190: 3183: 3176: 3140:Prussian virtues 2905: 2904: 2813:Economic history 2779: 2778: 2673: 2651: 2650: 2602:Cities and towns 2578: 2577: 2558:Baden Revolution 2362:Treaty of Verdun 2331:Marcomannic Wars 2286:Migration Period 2281:Germanic peoples 2265:Military history 2240: 2239: 2216: 2209: 2202: 2193: 2192: 2188: 2179: 2162: 2155: 2149: 2142: 2136: 2129: 2118: 2111: 2102: 2095: 2089: 2075: 2069: 2055: 2049: 2039:Economic Inquiry 2035: 2029: 2019:Past and Present 2015: 2006: 1999: 1993: 1986: 1980: 1973: 1967: 1960: 1951: 1941: 1935: 1932: 1926: 1923: 1917: 1910: 1899: 1892: 1881: 1874: 1853: 1839: 1826: 1812: 1799: 1792: 1783: 1776: 1770: 1763: 1744: 1737: 1720: 1713: 1707: 1706:. 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2343: 2338: 2333: 2328: 2323: 2318: 2313: 2308: 2303: 2298: 2293: 2288: 2283: 2277: 2275: 2271: 2270: 2268: 2267: 2262: 2260:Historiography 2257: 2252: 2246: 2244: 2237: 2231: 2230: 2219: 2218: 2211: 2204: 2196: 2190: 2189: 2180: 2169: 2166: 2164: 2163: 2150: 2137: 2119: 2103: 2090: 2070: 2050: 2030: 2007: 1994: 1981: 1968: 1952: 1936: 1927: 1918: 1900: 1882: 1854: 1827: 1818:, 17(3), 579. 1800: 1784: 1771: 1745: 1721: 1708: 1695: 1686: 1672: 1657: 1655: 1652: 1650: 1649: 1644: 1639: 1634: 1629: 1624: 1619: 1614: 1609: 1604: 1599: 1593: 1591: 1588: 1582: 1579: 1508: 1505: 1486:Gottfried Böhm 1466: 1460: 1450: 1445: 1444: 1443: 1434: 1433: 1432: 1425: 1418: 1417: 1413: 1406: 1405: 1404: 1403: 1402: 1397:Main article: 1394: 1391: 1369: 1366: 1351:printing press 1346: 1343: 1291:sola scriptura 1285: 1284: 1282: 1281: 1274: 1267: 1259: 1256: 1255: 1242: 1241: 1238: 1237: 1232: 1227: 1222: 1217: 1212: 1207: 1202: 1197: 1192: 1190:Fundamentalism 1187: 1185:Evangelicalism 1182: 1177: 1172: 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302: 299: 254: 251: 213: 210: 208: 205: 144: 141: 129:Roman Catholic 93: 87: 77: 67: 57: 47: 37: 33: 32: 31: 28: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4197: 4186: 4183: 4181: 4178: 4177: 4175: 4160: 4157: 4155: 4152: 4150: 4147: 4145: 4142: 4140: 4137: 4135: 4132: 4130: 4127: 4125: 4122: 4120: 4117: 4115: 4114:Art of Europe 4112: 4111: 4109: 4105: 4099: 4096: 4094: 4091: 4089: 4086: 4084: 4081: 4079: 4076: 4074: 4071: 4069: 4066: 4064: 4061: 4059: 4056: 4054: 4051: 4049: 4046: 4044: 4041: 4039: 4036: 4034: 4031: 4029: 4026: 4024: 4021: 4019: 4016: 4014: 4011: 4009: 4006: 4004: 4001: 3999: 3996: 3994: 3991: 3989: 3986: 3984: 3981: 3979: 3976: 3974: 3971: 3969: 3966: 3964: 3961: 3959: 3956: 3954: 3951: 3949: 3946: 3944: 3941: 3937: 3934: 3933: 3932: 3929: 3927: 3924: 3922: 3919: 3918: 3916: 3914: 3913:Modern period 3910: 3904: 3901: 3899: 3896: 3894: 3891: 3889: 3886: 3884: 3881: 3879: 3876: 3874: 3871: 3869: 3866: 3864: 3861: 3859: 3856: 3854: 3851: 3848: 3844: 3840: 3836: 3832: 3829: 3827: 3824: 3822: 3819: 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Index

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Non-religious
Catholic Church
Protestant Church
Islam
Eastern Orthodoxy
Christians
Protestantism
German
Christianity
Reformation
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Martin Luther
John Calvin
Reformation
Ninety-five Theses
Martin Luther
Roman Catholicism
Bible
Protestant
Martin Bucer
communion
John Calvin
Calvinist
Phillip of Hesse
Marburg Colloquy
Thirty Years' War

Holy Roman Empire
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