Martin Luther, the man and his work (1911) (14784155873)

Identifier: martinluthermanh00mcgi (find matches)
Title: Martin Luther, the man and his work
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: McGiffert, Arthur Cushman, 1861-1933
Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Publisher: New York, The Century Co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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of Christ. This it was that led Luther tothe same condemnatory judgment. Not the personalcharacter of the popes, but the secularization of thepapacy chiefly aroused his resentment. As he discov-ered how consciously and deliberately and often bywhat devious means its political power had been at-tained, his anger waxed hot within him. In anotherletter to Spalatin, written about the same time, he says: Many things I suppress and hold back for the sake ofthe prince and our university. If I were elsewhere, Ishould vomit them out against Rome, or rather Babylon,the devastator of Bible and church. The truth about theBible and the church, my Spalatin, cannot be discussedwithout offending this beast. Therefore do not hope thatI shall be quiet and undisturbed unless you wish me togive up theology altogether. Let our friends think memad. This affair will not have an end, if it be of God,until all my friends desert me, as his disciples and ac-quaintances deserted Christ, and truth be left alone,
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From a carbon prim by Braun & Co. t the painting by Clouet in the Louvre FRANCIS I OF FRANCE, DEFEATED CANDIDATE FOR THE IMPERIAL THRONE OF GERM \ \ Y THE LEIPSIC DEBATE 139 which will save itself by its own power and not by minenor thine nor any mans. This hour I have expectedfrom the beginning. ... If I perish, the world will losenothing. The Wittenbergers, by the grace of God, havealready progressed so far they do not need me at all.What will you ? I, worthless man that I am, fear I maynot be counted worthy to suffer and die for such a cause.That felicity belongs to better men, not to so vile asinner. He evidently realized the seriousness of the outlook.Insubordination to the pope, it was generally believed,could have only one result, the condemnation anddeath of the rebel. He was hastening on, it seemed,to certain destruction. His friends were in terror, andurged him to be careful. Carlstadt, radical and impetuous as he was, tried to hold him back. He wasready and eager to def