Worms June 10th

We ended this very busy day in Worms, home of the very famous Diet of Worms where Luther refused to recant his writings and teachings. The site where the trial took place is long gone, replaced with a park. But Worms is still pretty cool. We parked our bus near the square and had a chance to peek into "The Church of the Holy Trinity", a reinvented church and home to the Lutheran Church in Worms. The architecture was a welcome relief from the Baroque churches we had been seeing. The interior was redone in the modern era and features simple white walls. Very simple and worshipful.


The Organ At Trinity



The Nave at Trinity

Later we walked to St. Peters Catholic Cathedral of Worms. The church is very ornate and features an epic main entrance ensconced with many figures recounting the history of the Bible. Here are a few pictures of the entrance.


Gorgeous curved stairway at St. Peter's



Ornate entryway
Note the figures of the saints.

Another figurine from the doorway



For some unexplained reason, high up on the side of the entryway there is a pretty little figurine of wiener dog. One of the tour guests asked me very seriously why there was a figure of a wiener on the church. (She is a serious fan of wiener dogs) Without missing a beat I replied "Because that was the kind of dog Jesus had." We had a lot of fun with that! (For those of you who don;t know a joke when you see it: I was just kidding!) (Everyone knows Jesus had a sheep dog- his name was Peter)



Interior of St. Peter



One major window depicted important people throughout the history of the Christian Church. It is a finelymade,beautiful window. Our tour guide pointed out one curious addition (considering it is a Catholic Church)




Yep, Brother Martin Luther has a panel in the window of religious heroes.


Silvy makes goo goo eyes with a long dead Bishop

Our Worms tour ended with most of the group trooping over to the largest Luther Memorial in Germany. The sculpture includes all the major players of the Reformation including Luther, Malanchton, Tyndale and the a host of other folks you have never heard of. We were well and truly exhausted by this time and ready to head back to the bis after a long day.





Luther having a feally important thought