Editing Johannes Bugenhagen (section)

===Reformatory work===
After he had outlined his reform ideas in a letter to the [[Hamburg]] community, Bugenhagen was the most important figure in the Protestant Reformation in [[Northern Germany]] and [[Scandinavia]].<ref name=Kaufmann58/> He took an active lead in creating new ''church orders'' ([[Kirchenordnung]]en) for [[Hildesheim]] (1544),<ref name=Kaufmann58/> [[Hamburg]] (1528/29),<ref name=Kaufmann58/><ref name=SW55>Selderhuis & Wriedt (2006), p. 55</ref> [[Free City of Lübeck|Lübeck]] (1530–1532),<ref name=Kaufmann58/> the [[Duchy of Pomerania]] (1534/5),<ref name=Kaufmann58/> [[East Frisia]] (1534/5),<ref name=Kaufmann58/> [[Schleswig-Holstein]] (1542),<ref name=Lorentzen39>Lorentzen (2008), p. 39</ref> [[Braunschweig]] (1528),<ref name=Kaufmann58/><ref name=SW55/> [[Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (1543),<ref name=Kaufmann58/> and [[Denmark-Norway]] (1537),<ref name=Lorentzen39/> where he also crowned [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]].<ref>Lockhart (2007), p. 64</ref>

This earned him later the [[epithet]] "Second Apostle of the North".<ref>Zietz (1834); Schneider (2008), p. 4.</ref> Not only did he create the new rules, he also established them and persuaded people to follow them. Bugenhagen produced rules and regulations for religious service, for schooling, and for social issues of the church. In 1539, he became [[superintendent (ecclesiastical)|superintendent]] of the Lutheran Church in [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]].

Also in 1539, Bugenhagen reformed the Pomeranian [[University of Greifswald]], which he "re-founded" as a Protestant university, modelled after the university of Wittenberg.<ref name=SW60>Selderhuis & Wriedt (2006), p. 60</ref>

Bugenhagen sought to inform the public that indulgences, not only done without God's word but against it.<ref name=":2" />