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Briefe und Akten zur Kirchenpolitik Friedrichs des Weisen und Johanns des Beständigen 1513 bis 1532. Reformation im Kontext frühneuzeitlicher Staatswerdung

• Germany
• Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
• Edition
• Running

The brothers, Frederick and John of Saxony, were key figures in the early history of the Reformation. Frederick the Wise holds an established place in historiography as the founder of the University of Wittenberg and as Luther’s protector. His younger brother John the Constant is virtually unknown in comparison, although he was decisively influential in promoting the Evangelical cause at the…

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Martin Bucers Deutsche Schriften

• Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Edition
• Completed

The Edition of Martin Bucer's German Writings is the German branch of the international project of a first historical-critical complete edition of Martin Bucer's works, the other two parts (Latin works and correspondence) of which are being developed at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Erlangen.

The Strasbourg reformer Martin Bucer (Butzer) has considerable significance for the…

AGATE-ID: PR401

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Novum Testamentum Graecum. Editio Critica Maior

• Germany
• North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
• Edition
• Running

Texts from the New Testament are preserved in their Greek original language in approx. 5500 manuscripts. It can be assumed that actually no copy is identical with another. Thus, the most important task of the text research of the New Testament is the reconstruction of the text form, which was the starting point for the transmission.

So far, the science had to use “Große Ausgaben” (big editions)…

AGATE-ID: PR119

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