A RISE OF NEW ERA
Religion is one of the most well-known barriers that benefited from the invention of the Gutenberg printing press. In the societies where the Catholic Church and Christianity were predominant, Martin Luther and his first printed Bible, which would form the template for all future Bibles, led the Reformation and contributed greatly to the birth of our new modern world.
An illustration of Martin Luther preaching the 95 theses, 2009, History.com.
Luther’s New Testament in German. Above issue printed in Frankfurt; 1582; Presbyterian Historical Society.
Photos of Gutenberg Bible which was written in German, 1582, Cornell University Library.
Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses printed by Jakob Thanner in Leipzig; 1517; Martin Luther Prints in Oxford.
The Book of Common Prayer first published in 1549 to meet the needs of the new Church of England which included service information for daily and Sunday worship; 1572; Drucker.
Martin Luther Translating the Bible.Eugène Siberd, 1898, Canadian Lutheran.
Fictitious dispute between leading Protestant reformers (sitting at the left side of the table: Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Melanchthon, Bugenhagen, and Oecolampadius) and representatives of the Catholic Church, surrounded by important Protestant reformers; n.d.; Discover Sociology.
A historical map of Western and Central Europe representing the progress of the Reformation of 1560; n.d.; Emerson Kent.