Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 – 20 April 1558), also called Doctor Pomeranus by Martin Luther, was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century.

[1] In 1517, abbot Johann Boldewan called Bugenhagen to serve as a Biblical lecturer at his nearby Belbuck Abbey, where the two became the core of a Humanist circle.

[7] He was a member of Luther's team translating the Holy Bible from Greek and Hebrew to German, and opened the debate on Ulrich Zwingli's reforms.

In March 1524 the printer Adam Petri of Basel printed his "Interpretations of the Psalms" (Lat.Librum Psalmorum interpretatio) in the Latin language.

[9] The cover was cut after a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting biographical events of David’s life in relation to the New Testament.

[11] Bugenhagen was regarded as one of the most important teachers and practitioners of biblical interpretation in the Wittenberg-centered Protestant Reformation, ordaining a generation of Lutheran pastors who were educated at this university.

[4] The promotion was supervised by Martin Luther, based on Philipp Melanchthon's theses, financed and attended by Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and formally granted by deacon Justus Jonas.

[7] He took an active lead in creating new church orders (Kirchenordnungen) for Hildesheim (1544),[7] Hamburg (1528/29),[7][15] Lübeck (1530–1532),[7] the Duchy of Pomerania (1534/5),[7] East Frisia (1534/5),[7] Schleswig-Holstein (1542),[16] Braunschweig (1528),[7][15] Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1543),[7] and Denmark-Norway (1537),[16] where he also crowned Christian III.

Johannes Bugenhagen was always a pastor at heart, and because of his love for music, his family coat of arms shows a harp.