Professor of Church History and Christian Theology at the University of Kiel in Germany.

The 'Luther Rose' is the widely-recognized symbol of Lutheranism. It was Luther's own seal, which he employed to author documents, and which was designed for him at the request of Prince John Frederick in 1530. An expression of Luther's own theology, Johannes Schilling of Kiel University uses the rose to tell the dramatic story of Luther's rise to prominence and the influence and effect of his convictions upon European Christianity in the sixteenth century.

Professor Johannes Schilling presented our eighth object, the stone rose from Martin Luther's house, Wittenberg, on Thursday, 8th March 2012 in Deddington Parish Church.