Lutheran Church timeline

  • Period: 1455 to 1455

    The Gutenberg Bible was first printed

  • Period: 1510 to 1520

    Luther lectured on the Psalms, the books of Hebrews, Romans, and Galatians

  • Period: 1516 to 1517

    Sell indulgences to raise money to rebuild St Peter's Basilica in Rome

  • Period: Oct 31, 1517 to Oct 31, 1517

    Luther posted his 95 theses

  • Period: Oct 31, 1517 to Oct 31, 1517

    Protesting the sale of indulgences

  • Period: 1518 to 1518

    Luther went to Augsburg to meet the papal legate

  • Period: May 30, 1518 to May 30, 1518

    Luther wrote a summary and explanation of his theses to the Pope

  • Period: 1519 to 1519

    The Leipzig Debate

  • Period: Jun 15, 1520 to Jun 15, 1520

    The Pope warned Luther

  • Period: Dec 10, 1520 to Dec 10, 1520

    Set fire to the bull and decretals at Wittenberg

  • Period: 1521 to 1521

    Secretly visiting Wittenberg

  • Period: Jan 3, 1521 to Jan 3, 1521

    Luther was excommunicated by Leo X, in the bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

  • Period: Jan 28, 1521 to Jan 28, 1521

    The Diet of Worms

  • Period: Aug 13, 1526 to Aug 13, 1526

    Diet of Speyer

  • Period: Mar 4, 1529 to Mar 4, 1529

    2nd Diet of Speyer

  • Period: 1530 to 1530

    Lutheran leaders were summoned

  • Period: Jan 25, 1530 to Jan 25, 1530

    Augsburg Confession

  • Period: Dec 11, 1534 to Dec 11, 1534

    Translate New Testament

  • Period: Dec 13, 1545 to Dec 13, 1545

    Council of Trent

  • Period: Feb 18, 1546 to Feb 18, 1546

    Martin Luther's Death

  • Period: Aug 2, 1552 to Aug 2, 1552

    Treaty of Passau

  • Period: Sep 25, 1555 to Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

  • Period: Dec 4, 1563 to Dec 4, 1563

    The nineteenth ecumenical council ended

  • Period: Jan 2, 1580 to Jan 2, 1580

    Birth of Lutheran Orthodoxy

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    Lutheransim in America

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    Lutheranism In WWI

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    Joint Declaration