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Bugenhagen was one of the great figures of the first generation of
the Lutheran reformation. Pastor of the town church in Wittenberg, he
was Luther's confessor, one of the first Lutheran pastors to marry,
married Luther, reorganized and brought the Lutheran tradition to:
Hamburg, Brunswick, Luebeck, Lower Saxony, Minden, Osnabrueck, Goettingen,
Soest, Bremen, Pomerania, Denmark and other places. He declined three
Bishoprics and was appointed general superintendant of Saxony. This sermon
is the official sermon at Luther's funeral. He is called the father of
Lutheran Education.
A Christian Sermon Over the Body and At the Funeral of the
Venerable Dr. Martin Luther, Preached by Mr. Johann Bugenhagen
Pomeranus (1546)
Wittenberg