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Chicago, with Christ at the center, century Lutheran Reformation as one long event from, let's say, 1517,

I would say probably 1530 is a better date, all the way to 1580 and the signing of the formula

of Concord. Luther dies before it's half over. He dies in 1546 on this day, in fact,

in Islaeban, Germany, the same town where he was born. Well, he'd been in bad health for a long time,

but he dies before the Reformation is half over, and after he exits the scene via his death, the Reformation kind of falls apart

a little bit. Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us on this Tuesday,

February the 18th to remember Martin Luther's death, Dr. Jack Kilcress, Associate Professor of Historical

and Systematic Theology at the Institute

of Lutheran Theology.

He's author of numerous books, including his latest justification by the word, and a recent

column titled The Death of Luther.

Dr. Kilcrees, welcome back.

Thanks for having me, Tom.

What do we know about Luther's final months?

Well, he had a lot of very serious health problems, and he was nevertheless continuing to preach

pretty regularly and be a professor, and he decided that in his final days, essentially, that

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