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Installation of New Preachers, Catechism, and Confession among the Lutherans in Augsburg
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Installation of New Preachers, Catechism, and Confession among the Lutherans in Augsburg

1732 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with five depictions of customs among the Lutherans of Augsburg. Top: In the St. Anna Church in Augsburg, a new preacher is blessed by the laying on of hands. Middle left: A new preacher is installed in the Church of St. James in Augsburg. Middle right: Children receive catechism from a preacher in the Minorite Church in Augsburg. Bottom left: A preacher hears confession in the St. Anna Church in Augsburg. Bottom right: A preacher pronounces absolution over the congregation in the St. Anna Church in Augsburg.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineInstallatie van nieuwe predikanten, catechisatie en biecht bij de lutheranen in Augsburg. 1732. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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