Lutherstadt

In the year 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in the town of Wittenberg. This was one of the pivotal points in the Protestant Reformation. Yesterday, two of its biggest supporters got to visit those doors.


Actually, those doors in the photos aren't the actual doors. The actual doors burnt down in a fire a long time ago. And actually, many scholars a skeptical as to whether Luther actually nailed the Theses to the door. But this is definitely were his body lies:

Across town was the church Luther preached from. This painting was inside. Although Luther would probably have a problem with the image of Jesus being present, I think it illustrates well what the Reformation was all about: reorienting the church upon the gospel. In this illustration's case, Luther is pointing his people towards Christ and Him crucified in his preaching (and one of those women on the front row is suppose to be Luther's wife).

Many more cool things could be pointed out from this trip (and captured in about another gigabyte of photos). We'll conclude by showing y'all the most incredible bratwurst I've ever had: