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Mosesbrunnen

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Beautiful statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments above the Water Fountain. From Wikipedia – regarding the Horns of Moses: Depictions of a horned Moses stem from the description of Moses’ face as “cornuta” (“horned”) in the Latin Vulgate translation of the passage found at Exodus chapter 34, specifically verses 29, 30 and 35, in which Moses returns to the people after receiving the Read more...
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Schleitheim Museum

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From the Museum: On February 24, 1527, a secret meeting of the massge-Bend Anabaptists from Swiss and southern Germany took place. Under the Management by Michael Sattler, a former monk from the St. Peter Monastery The previously inconsistent views and teachings were presented in seven articleskeln redefined. They are available as «Schleitheimer Articles» or as «Schleitheimer Confession» went down in Read more...
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Geneva, City of Refuge

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From Museum of Protestants: The first wave took place between 1540 and 1590 and mainly concerned Geneva. During the second wave, before and after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, refugees came mostly from the Dauphin, Cévennes and Languedoc regions; the major route of exodus was the passage from Lake Geneva to the Rhine River. The roads Read more...
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Martin Luther Statue, Washington DC

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From Wikipedia: The Luther Monument is a public artwork located in front of Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C., United States. The monument to Martin Luther, the theologian and Protestant Reformer, is a bronze, full-length portrait. It is a copy of the statue created by Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel as part of the 1868 Luther Monument in Worms, Germany. The version in Washington, D.C., inspired the installation of many other castings Read more...
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Luther Statue, Dresden

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From Wikipedia: A bronze statue of reformer and theologian Martin Luther, which survived the bombings, has been restored and again stands in front of the church. It is the work of sculptor Adolf von Donndorf from 1885. Photograph Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-60015-0002 / Giso Löwe / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Read more...
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Luther Monument, Worms, Germany

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From Worms.de The world’s largest monument to the Reformation, inaugurated in 1868. Luther’s hymn “A Mighty Fortress is our God”, hewn in stone, frames the bronze statues. Martin Luther rises above earlier reformers, the ‘proto-reformers’, surrounded by lords, scholars and personifications of important cities from the immediate and subsequent history of the Reformation. Bronze reliefs depicting scenes from the Reformation Read more...
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Musée du Désert

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From Wikipedia: Le Musée du Désert is a museum dedicated to the history of Protestantism in France, particularly in the Cévennes. Its name refers to the Désert, the period between the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the Edict of Versailles (1685–1787) during which Protestantism was illegal in France. The museum, formerly the house of the Camisard leader, Roland Laporte, is situated at Mas Soubeyran, in the commune of Mialet, département Gard, not far Read more...
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Michael Servetus Memorial

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Text: Duteous and grateful followers of Calvin our great Reformer, yet condemning an error which was that of his age, and strongly attached to liberty of conscience according to the true principles of his Reformation and gospel, we have erected this expiatory monument. Oct. 27, 1903 What to say about Servetus? From John Calvin’s Geneva: A Walking Guide “In 1903, Read more...
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Felix Manz Martyrdom

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From Wikipedia: On 7 March 1526, the Zürich council had passed an edict that made adult re-baptism punishable by drowning. On 5 January 1527, Felix Manz became the first casualty of the edict, and the first Swiss Anabaptist to be martyred at the hands of magisterial Protestants. While Manz stated that he wished “to bring together those who were willing to accept Christ, obey the Word, and follow Read more...
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Wasserkirche

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From Wikipedia: In 1885, the memorial was inaugurated outside the Wasserkirche in the extension of the choir; the 400th anniversary of Zwingli’s birth had been narrowly missed due to delayed funding. The necessary funds came from nationwide collections, from concerts in the Grossmünster and Fraumünster, as well as from international contributions from the predominantly Protestant countries of Germany, Holland, and Read more...
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Grossmünster

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From Wikipedia: Huldrych Zwingli initiated the Swiss-German Reformation in Switzerland from his pastoral office at the Grossmünster, starting in 1520. Zwingli won a series of debates presided over by the magistrate in 1523 which ultimately led local civil authorities to sanction the severance of the church from the papacy. The reforms initiated by Zwingli and continued by his successor, Heinrich Bullinger, account for the Read more...
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International Museum of the Reformation

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From Geneve.com: Housed in one of the most elegant town houses in the old town, next to the Cathedral, the Musée International de la Réforme presents a history of the Protestant Reformation in nine rooms. From the 16th century to the present day, paintings, manuscripts, books, prints, objects, music and films paint a portrait of an influential movement in Geneva, Read more...

Calvin Auditory

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From Wikipedia: The Calvin Auditorium or Calvin Auditory (French: Auditoire de Calvin), originally the Notre-Dame-la-Neuve Chapel, is a chapel in Geneva, Switzerland, which played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation. It is associated with John Calvin, Theodore Beza and John Knox. The auditorium lies directly adjacent to St. Pierre Cathedral in the Place de la Taconnerie. The austere Gothic-style building was constructed in the 15th century, on the site of earlier 5th-century religious buildings, and was originally dedicated Read more...
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John Calvin’s House in Geneva

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From Wikipedia: During his ministry in Geneva, Calvin preached over two thousand sermons. Initially he preached twice on Sunday and three times during the week. This proved to be too heavy a burden and late in 1542 the council allowed him to preach only once on Sunday. In October 1549, he was again required to preach twice on Sundays and, Read more...

Traditional Grave of John Calvin

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From Wikipedia:  Calvin died on 27 May 1564 aged 54. At first his body lay in state, but since so many people came to see it, the reformers were afraid that they would be accused of fostering a new saint’s cult. On the following day, he was buried in an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois.[81] The exact location of the Read more...

 

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