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Which Protestant model did Hesse follow after the Reformation?
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After the Reformation began in his territory, Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, ultimately adopted the model provided by the electorate of Saxony for his state church.1
Although a unique democratic-presbyterian constitution known as the Reformatio ecclesiarum Hassiae was initially proposed at the Homberg synod, Philip chose not to implement it following the advice of Martin Luther. Instead, he proceeded to build a state-church organization that subordinated church and school to the common good, eventually establishing the first Protestant university at Marburg in 1527.1