Editing Johannes Bugenhagen (section)

===Early life===
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Bugenhagen was born in [[Wolin (town)|Wollin]] (now Wolin), [[Duchy of Pomerania]], on 24 June 1485 as one of three children of local [[councillor|Ratsherr]] Gerhard Bugenhagen. From 1502 to 1504, he studied [[liberal arts|artes]] at the [[University of Greifswald]]. In 1504, he moved to [[Treptow an der Rega]] (now Trzebiatów) and became the [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of the local school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hieronymus |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MO1EAQAAIAAJ |title=1488 Petri-Schwabe 1988: eine traditionsreiche Basler Offizin im Spiegel ihrer frühen Drucke |date=1997 |publisher=Schwabe |isbn=978-3-7965-1000-7 |page=355 |language=de}}</ref> Though he had not studied theology, he was ordained as a priest at St. Mary's Church in Treptow in 1509, and served as a [[vicar]] at the [[College (canon law)|Kanonikerkolleg]] of that church thereafter.<ref name=KP79/>

In 1517, abbot [[Johann Boldewan]] called Bugenhagen to serve as a Biblical lecturer at his nearby [[Belbuck Abbey]], where the two became the core of a [[Humanism|Humanist]] circle.<ref name=KP79/> Duke [[Bogislav X, Duke of Pomerania|Bogislav X]] of Pomerania ordered Bugenhagen to write down the history of Pomerania in [[Latin]]. The year 1518 is the beginning of historical writing of the combined territory Pomerania.

Bugenhagen first encountered the [[Lutheranism|theology of Luther]] in the reformer's ''[[Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church]]<ref name=":0" />'' in 1520. At first he did not like Luther's thoughts at all. However, once he had studied it more, Bugenhagen became a supporter of the Reformation and moved to [[Wittenberg]] in 1521.<ref name=":0" />