And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Daniel 11:33
".... would personally assist in implementing reforms in both his native Pomerania and in Denmark.
As a Biblical scholar, Bugenhagen devoted most of his intellectual energy to lecturing on Scripture. He would publish a number of commentaries in subsequent years.
His most famous, a 1524 commentary on the Psalms, grew out of his early lectures at Wittenberg and went through numerous printings.
His other commentaries included the minor letters of Paul (published 1525), Romans (1527), the Gospel of Matthew (1543), Jeremiah (1546), and Jonah (1550).
Two other contributions to the Protestant use of Scripture were notable. In 1524, Bugenhagen transposed Luther’s German New Testament into Low German—ahead of the publication of Luther’s own version—and his reading would become popular and widely printed.
He also composed a harmony of the passion narrative drawn from the four Gospels. He had begun the task as early as 1519 at Belbuck, but he would resume it again in 1522 at Wittenberg and see it through to publication in 1524. The harmony became enormously influential in Protestant private and corporate devotion through the centuries.
Bugenhagen’s most significant contribution to the Reformation undoubtedly resulted from his role as a church administrator."
Reformation500
Daniel 11:33
".... would personally assist in implementing reforms in both his native Pomerania and in Denmark.
As a Biblical scholar, Bugenhagen devoted most of his intellectual energy to lecturing on Scripture. He would publish a number of commentaries in subsequent years.
His most famous, a 1524 commentary on the Psalms, grew out of his early lectures at Wittenberg and went through numerous printings.
His other commentaries included the minor letters of Paul (published 1525), Romans (1527), the Gospel of Matthew (1543), Jeremiah (1546), and Jonah (1550).
Two other contributions to the Protestant use of Scripture were notable. In 1524, Bugenhagen transposed Luther’s German New Testament into Low German—ahead of the publication of Luther’s own version—and his reading would become popular and widely printed.
He also composed a harmony of the passion narrative drawn from the four Gospels. He had begun the task as early as 1519 at Belbuck, but he would resume it again in 1522 at Wittenberg and see it through to publication in 1524. The harmony became enormously influential in Protestant private and corporate devotion through the centuries.
Bugenhagen’s most significant contribution to the Reformation undoubtedly resulted from his role as a church administrator."
Reformation500