Constructed in 1963, the Guildhall is now home to the City Library. It is in charge of the Luther Library with its over 650 printed works from the Reformation era, including works by Luther and Melanchthon.
Peter
Schöffer the Younger was born in Mainz sometime between 1475 and 1480. His
father ran a print shop in the city. He relocated to Worms in 1518 and began to
print writings sympathetic to the Reformation cause
The
Worms City Library owns the pamphlet "To the Christian Nobility of the
German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate" (printed 1524
in Wittenberg) and has therefore been listed in the Memory of the World
Programme since 9 October 2015.
Sola
fide, sola scriptura, solus Christus, sola gratia: through Faith alone, by
Scripture alone, in Christ alone, by Grace alone! These four maxims, which had
already been developed by 1521, astutely summarise the theology of Martin
Luther.
