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A 3D rendering of the Bethesda Baptist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Locust Grove Catholic Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Fork Chapel United Methodist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Wrightsboro Baptist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Crawfordville Presbyterian Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Horeb Baptist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the St. Paul CME Church building.

A 3D rendering of the St. Mark's AME Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church building.

A 3D rendering of the White Plains Baptist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Liberty Methodist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Antioch Baptist Church building.

A 3D rendering of the Powelton Methodist Church building.

Summary: A significant treatise on predestination. Johann Eck expounds a view of free will and merit, which was soon to come under attack by Martin Luther and other Protestants.

Summary: One of three 1522 printings of an essay on monastic vows written by Luther during his stay at the Wartburg Castle after the Diet of Worms. It is addressed to monks, whose conscience is troubled by the conflict between their vows and their desire to leave the monastic life. Luther frequently referred to this piece throughout his career, and it became one of his most influential works.

Summary: First edition of Ulrich Pinder's Passion narrative richly illustrated with 77 woodcut images (39 full page). Pinder was medical doctor, who had served as the court physician of the Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony. After 1493 he was the town physician for the city of Nuremberg, where he also wrote several medical tracts and published a variety of books with the printer Friedrich Peypus. For this work, Pinder employed the services of the engravers Hans Schaufelein, who contributed 39 woodcuts, and Hans Baldung Grien, who contributed 21 woodcuts.

Summary: Fredrick the Wise asked Luther to write to Emperor Charles V after the publication of his Open letter to the Christian Nobility in order to express his loyalty. Spalatin convinced Luther to write this letter of submission and edited it for publication.

Summary: First printing of F. von Oberweimar's narrative of her escape from the convent of New-Helfta. She came to Luther in Wittenberg in 1524, and he published her explanation of her actions.

Summary: Public renunciation of his monastic vows and earlier teachings by Sebastian Meyer, a preacher in the city of Strassburg and an early follower of Martin Luther.

Summary: One of nine 1524 printings of this short anti-monastic tract by the Nuremberg cobbler and playright Hans Sachs.

Summary: After Karlstadt had been driven out of Saxony, he sought refuge in South Germany. When this proved impossible, he returned to Wittenberg. Karlstadt publish a retraction of his former opinions and then publish nothing else without prior approval. This is the retraction with Luther's preface. Needless to say, Karlstadt did not find these conditions at all acceptable and he was soon on the move again. He came to settle in Switzerland, first in Zurich and finally in Basel, where he died on Christmas Eve, 1541.