ABSTRACT
The Danish Reformation resulted in the introduction of a new Church Order in 1537, which not only changed the ecclesiastical structure, but also rearranged the educational system of the kingdom. The Danish reformers provided a draft for the new Church Order, but it was Johannes Bugenhagen, Luther’s collaborator, who made sure that the Order had the Wittenberg imprint when published. The Instruction for the Visitors in Saxony served to shape the Danish Church Order’s paragraphs on schools and education. The influence of Melanchthon’s humanist inspired thoughts and their practical execution is obvious. They, of course, overlapped with the views of the new leader of the Danish Lutheran Church, the Wittenberg-educated Peder Palladius.
