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1501- Spring - Luther
matriculated as a student of the university of Erfurt
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1502 - 23. September -
successful completion of the semester as a Bachelor of Arts
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1505 - January - Luther
passed hes Master of Arts examination.
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1505 - 20. May - Luther
attended law lectures in the Collegium Marianum (situated behind the
right-hand side of the cathedral, but now no longer in existence).
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1505 - Spring - Luther read
for the first time the complete text of the Bible, the Vulgate
version in the university library.
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1505 - 2. July - Luther's
conversion experience during a thunderstorm at Stotternheim when
Luther vowed to become a monk.
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1505 - 16. July - in the
Collegim Amplonianum (situated in Michaelisstraße, now no longer in
existence) Luther was supposed to have given a farewell supper for
his friends.
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1505 - 17. July - Luther bade
farewell to his friends at the entrance to the eremitical
Augustinian monastery.
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1506 - 3. April - Luther's
first meeting with Johann von Staupitz, the vicar general of the
eremitic branch of the Augustinians
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1506 - September - In front
of the altar of the Augustinian church, Luther took his final vows
to become a monk when he lay down on the gravestone of Johannes
Zachariae, a former professor of theology.
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1507 - 27. February (?) - the
Erfurt bishop Johann Boonemilch von Laasphe (died 1510) consecrated
Martin Luther to the priesthood in front of the high altar of the
cathedral Beate Mariae Virginis.
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1507 - 2. May - Luther said
his first mass in the Augustian chapel. He invited his relatives
from Mansfeld and his friends from Eisenach to the ceremony.
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1509 - The year of
"Erfurt's madness". Luther was horrified when he was
confronted with the beginnings of the rising tide of discontent from
the people of the city and he was clearly opposed to this movement.
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1510 - Following academic
tradition, Luther gave his innaugural lecture in the Auditorium
coelicum, the formal hall of the theological facultly at Erfurt
cathedral.
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1518 - 9. May - in the Erfurt
Collegium Marianum, Luther visited his friend Judocus Trutvetter for
the last time.
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1521 - 6. April - on his
journey from Wittenberg to Worms, Luther entererd Erfurt through the
"Schmidtstedter" gate and was given a jubilant reception
by the citizens of Erfurt.
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1521 - 7. April - Luther
preached in the Augustinian chapel with "deep and sincere
devotion" and uttered these words which have since become
famous: "I want to speak the truth and I must speak the truth
even if twenty heads should fall." This sermon is believed to
have had the greatest effect of all in spreading his doctrines in
Erfurt.
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1522 - 2. March - coming from
the Wartburg in Eisenach on his journey to Wittenberg - Luther,
disguissed as "Squire Jörg" , stopped at the "Hohe
Lilie" (The Tall Lily). Although this refers to a former
building, the present inn, "Hohe Lilie" situated on the
south eastern corner of the cathedral square, still stands on the
same site.
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1522 - 21. October - Luther
preached a sermon on "faith and works" in the "Michaeliskirche"
(St. Michael's Church)
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1522 - 22. October - Luther
preached a sermon on "the cross and suffering" in the old
market church of Erfurt "Zum Kaufmännern" (The Merchant's
Church)
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1529 - 11. October - on his
return from Marburg, where he had been discussing religion with
Ulrich Zwingli, the reformer from Zurich, Luther gave a sermon on
the text "I have come in my Father's name" in the "Barfüßerkirche"
(The Franciscan Church).
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1537 - 4. March - Luther was
in a very bad state of health, so he left Schmalkalden to go to his
friend Georg Sturtz who lived at the "Engelsburg" (the
famous meeting place of the Humanists), where Luther received
lodging and medical care.
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1540 - 4./5. July - Luther,
Jonas and Melanchthon stay at the "Schlehendorn" inn.
Altough it no longer exists, it was the most exclusive guest house
in Erfurt at that time.
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1540 - 27. July - on his
return from Eisenach, Luther and his companions stopped at the
"Schlehendorn". This was his last stay in Erfurt.