Portrait of Catherine von Bora by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526 |
After his marriage to the nun Katharina Von Bara on June 13, 1525, Martin Luther took the Augustian monastery in Wittenburg as married quarters. The Luthers lived in the "Black Cloister;" formerly his home as a monk. Luther's marriage to Katharina kick started the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. The reformer said he could find no trace in the Gospels of the vows of chastity taken by monks and nuns.
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