Report on the 12th International Congress for Luther Research((R))

The 12th International Congress for Luther Research was held from 5th to 11th of August in 2012 in the University of Helsinki, which was founded by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1640. The overall theme of the congress was "Luther as Teacher and Reformer of the University". Lectures and seminars took place in the city center, on the campus surrounding the main building of the university. The opening ceremony and first lecture, "Doctor communis? The ecumenical significance of Martin Luther's theology" by emeritus bishop Eero Huovinen, took place in the Lutheran Cathedral of Helsinki on Sunday evening, the 5th of August at 6. 30 pm. The congress closed with an evening banquet in Helsinki House of Shares on Friday, the 10th of August.