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Revolt Against Rome. Excommunicated, Luther was saved from arrest and death by Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony, whose domains included Wittenberg, and given sanctuary at the lonely Wartburg Castle. Luther stayed for nearly a year, during which he translated the New Testament into German. Meanwhile, the revolt against Rome spread; in town after town, priests and town councils removed statues from the churches and abandoned the Mass. New reformers, many of them far more radical than Luther, appeared on the scene-Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich, the ex-Dominican Martin Bucer in Strasbourg, Thomas Munzer in Zwickau. More important, princes...
...people less envious of West German opulence, has lately stepped up production of appliances and other consumer goods. For every 100 East German families, there are 45 TV sets, 23 washing machines and 21 refrigerators-far more than in any other Communist country. Quality remains doubtful. The tinny Wartburg sedan (price: 15,200 marks) is dubbed "Luther" by cynical East Germans because its performance reminds them of Luther's cry: "Here I stand-I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen...
...Large Things. It was an intrusion of passion that lifted Bach's work above that of hundreds of other North German cantors of his day. Bach was born in Eisenach, a town in the Thuringian forest of Germany, dominated by the medieval castle of the Wartburg, where Luther translated the Bible into German. Orphaned in 1695 when he was only nine, he spent his youth as a choirboy, violinist and organist. By the time he arrived in Weimar in his mid-20s, he was already an outstanding organist, and during his years there he developed into the finest organist...
Department of Modern Languages Wartburg College Waverly, Iowa...
...Wartburg will provide former priests with free food, clothing, lodging, and a quiet room for study. After six or eight weeks, Hegger will arrange for his clients to live with sympathetic Dutch families. Hegger believes that his own experience should help him guide others through their spiritual crisis, and as a Calvinist he hopes to convince them that his own church represents the answer to their spiritual needs. Only two kinds of ex-priests are barred from the Wartburg: converts to Communism, and clerics who are wanted by the police on criminal charges...