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    Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (Latin: De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae, praeludium Martini Lutheri, October 1520) was the second of the...
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  • captivity may also refer to: Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy, the Papacy's sojourn in Avignon between 1309 and 1378 On the Babylonian Captivity of...
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    the papal enclave at Avignon, where it remained for the next 67 years. This absence from Rome is sometimes referred to as the "Babylonian captivity”...
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    Christian Nobility of the German Nation (August 1520) and the work Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (October 1520). The work appeared in a...
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    than the modern meaning. Martin Luther blames his opponents for misrepresenting his arguments in his work On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520):...
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    write in his On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520): How then if they are forced to admit that we are all equally priests, as many of us as are...
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  • Martin Luther in his Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church describes disagreements over the wording of the baptism as "pedantry," arguing...
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    Papacy at Rome, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian. Luther...
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    refer to the Catholic Church. Reformation writers Martin Luther (1483–1546, author of On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church), John Calvin (1509–1564)...
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  • On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church. The Sacrament of the Eucharist is also called the Sacrament of the Altar, the Mass, the Lord's Supper, the...
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  • Anabaptist churches. The doctrine asserts that it is on the basis of faith alone that believers are made right of sin (such as their transgressions of divine...
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  • Alberto Rivera (activist) (category Critics of the Catholic Church)
    Babylonian Captivity of the Church, that the Popes are antichrists, and that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon. He has also said that the Jesuits...
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    Superstition (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther, who called the papacy "that fountain and source of all superstitions", accuses the popes of...
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    To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian.[citation needed] The parish...
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    Transubstantiation (category Eucharist in the Catholic Church)
    simply that Christ really is present at the Eucharist". In his On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (published on 6 October 1520) Luther wrote: Therefore...
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    the Freedom of a Christian, and On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church; these works were significant documents for the Reformation as a whole. Catholic...
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  • Luther (2003 film) (category Films shot in the Czech Republic)
    church, Luther denounces the indulgences, calling them "just a piece of paper". He then posts his 95 theses on the door of the church, calling for an open...
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    All Saints' Church, commonly referred to as Schlosskirche (Castle Church) to distinguish it from the Stadtkirche (Town Church) of St. Mary's, sometimes...
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    published in 1520: To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian. Archbishop...
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  • quickly developed. In a Latin treatise On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, he stated that only baptism and the Eucharist could be regarded as sacraments...
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    Neo-Babylonian Empire, besieged Jerusalem, the capital city of the Kingdom of Judah. Jerusalem fell after a 30-month siege, following which the Babylonians...
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  • The History of the Captivity in Babylon is a pseudepigraphical text of the Old Testament that supposedly provides omitted details concerning the prophet...
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    Exsurge Domine (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, had not yet been published when this bull was issued. Moreover, on account of Eck's efforts to speed the committee...
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    Paul Luther (category University of Wittenberg alumni)
    at the end of the war, it was possible to return to Wittenberg, although in relative poverty. On the advice of Melanchthon, Luther attended the University...
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    Veste Coburg (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    The Veste Coburg (Coburg Fortress) is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany. It is situated on a hill above the town of Coburg, in the...
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  • 1520 in literature (category Years of the 16th century in literature)
    Luther To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation) On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (De captivitate...
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    Johannes Bugenhagen (category Academic staff of the University of Wittenberg)
    encountered the theology of Luther in the reformer's Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church in 1520. At first he did not like Luther's thoughts at...
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    Wartburg (redirect from The Wartburg)
    1231 at the age of 24 and was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church just five years after her death.: 4  In 1247, Heinrich Raspe, the last landgrave...
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    Dorothea Erxleben (the first female medical doctor in Germany), Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America, and his son...
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  • monumental works, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian 1521 Luther...
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