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Ársrit Bandalags lúterskra kvenna
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He delighted in taking his wife and children on short trips, gather-
ing fruit and going on picnics.
In 1545 he felt his death approaching and gave up most of his
activities. On February 17, 1546, he felt a heavy pressure on his
chest and the following morning he died. He was buried in the
Castle Church at Wittenburg—where in 1517 the ninety-five Theses
had been nailed.
Luther never intended to start a new church and asked his
followers not to call themselves “Lutherans”. The name was given
to them by their enemies as a mark of contempt. Today seventy
million people, constituting almost half of the world’s Protestant
population follow his beliefs and consider him one of the greatest
teachers and liberators of the Church.
The word which he brought to light and embodied in his trans-
lation of the Bible, his catechisms, his hymns with their melodies,
his sermons, his revision of the Church service, his Theses and his
positive presentation of doctrine—still live and will continue to live
from generation to generation.
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