Editing Johannes Bugenhagen (section)

{{Short description|German Lutheran theologian and pastor (1485–1558)}}
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{{Infobox theologian
|name        = Johannes Bugenhagen
|image       = Lucas Cranach (I) - Johannes Bugenhagen.jpg
|caption     = Bugenhagen in 1537 by [[Lucas Cranach the Elder|Lucas Cranach]]
|birth_date  = 24 June 1485<ref name=KP79>Kopitzsch & Brietzke (2001), p. 79</ref>
|birth_place = [[Wolin (town)|Wollin]], [[Duchy of Pomerania|Pomerania]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]<br />(now [[Wolin (town)|Wolin]], [[Poland]])<ref name=KP79/>
|death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|1558|4|20|1485|6|24}}<ref name=KP79/>
|death_place = [[Wittenberg]], [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]<br />(now [[Germany]])<ref name=KP79/>
|occupation  = Priest, Theologian
|spouse      = Walpurga Bugenhagen, maiden name unknown (13 October 1522)<ref name=SP27>Steinwachs & Pietsch (2000), p. 27</ref>
|parents     = Gerhard Bugenhagen<ref name=KP79/>
|children    = Johannes<ref name=SP27/> (''the Younger'', 1531/2–1592, professor for theology at the [[University of Wittenberg]])<ref name=Nieden105>Nieden (2006), p. 105</ref><br/>Martha<ref name=SP27/><br/>Sara<ref name=SP27/>
|signature   = Signatur Johannes Bugenhagen.PNG
|tradition_movement=[[Lutheranism]]
|era=[[Reformation]]
}}
[[File:Statue of Johannes Bugenhagen, Kirchplatz, Wittenberg.jpg|thumb|Statue of Johannes Bugenhagen, Kirchplatz, Wittenberg]]
'''Johannes Bugenhagen''' (24 June 1485 – 20 April 1558), also called ''Doctor Pomeranus'' by [[Martin Luther]], was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the [[Protestant Reformation]] in the [[Duchy of Pomerania]] and [[Denmark]] in the 16th century. Contributions of Karlstadt and Luther to the translation of theology into social legislation were most fully realized by Bugenhagen.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Lindberg |first=Carter |title=The European reformations |date=2021 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-64082-0 |edition=Third |location=Chichester, United Kingdom Hoboken, New Jersey |pages=101–104}}</ref> Among his major accomplishments was organization of [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] churches in [[Northern Germany]] and [[Scandinavia]]. He has also been called the "Second Apostle of the North".

Johannes Bugenhagen was pastor to Martin Luther at [[Stadtkirche Wittenberg|St. Mary's]] church in [[Wittenberg]]. He is also commemorated in the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] as a pastor on 20 April.