Katharina von Bora Philipp Melanchthon thought that Luther's marriage would hurt the Reformation because of potential scandal. Luther eventually came to the conclusion that "his marriage would please his father, rile the pope, cause the angels to laugh, and the devils to weep." Martin Luther married Katharina on June 13, 1525, before witnesses including Justus Jonas, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Barbara and Lucas Cranach the Elder.They held a wedding breakfast the next morning with a small company. Two weeks later, on June 27, they held a more formal public ceremony, presided over by Bugenhagen. Von Bora was 26 years old, Luther 41. The couple
Tane (Bora Bora) Tane (Bora Bora) Motu Tane (which in Tahitian translates as Man's Island), is a private island in the lagoon of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. It is the located between Paahi, and Pitoraverahi. Motu Tane is well known in Bora Bora as having been Paul-Emile Victor's home. Paul-Emile Victor was the famous French polar explorer and author and chose as his personal paradise refuge Motu Tane in Bora Bora, to live a peaceful and secluded life. The island has coconut groves, encircled by a white sand beach with just beyond Polynesia's sparkling turquoise blue waters. in 1997, it was purchased