MARTIN
LUTHER
CARL E. KOPPENHAVER
Muhlenberg Press Philadelphia
Copyright, 1953, by
Muhlenberg Press
Third Printing
Printed in U.S.A. UB736
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CONTENTS
- THE MINER’S SON 5
- Eisleben to Erfurt
- Into the Cloister
- Monk and Priest
- THE PROFESSOR 11
- Dr. Luther
- The Awakening
- COLLISION WITH ROME 15
- The Question of Indulgences
- The Ninety-five Theses
- Rome Moves to Attack
- THE BREACH WIDENS 21
- Pushed into the Arena
- The Shadow of Hus
- For Such a Time as This
- LUTHER EXPLAINS HIMSELF 25
- The Christian Nobility
- The Babylonian Captivity
- Christian Liberty
- The Papal Bull
- THE MONK STANDS FIRM 33
- The Diet of Worms
- Answer Without Horns
- Neither Right nor Safe
- DRASTIC CHANGES 37
- Wartburg to Wittenberg
- From Freedom to License
- Pigtails on the Pillow
- The Cloister Becomes a Home
- A CHURCH REBORN 45
- The National Conscience
- The Augsburg Confession
- Back to Eisleben
- CHRONOLOGY 49
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THE MINER’S SON
Eisleben to Erfurt
The Turk was slashing his way up the valley of the Danubeinto the heart of Europe. God sat far off, not as a loving fatherbut as a vengeful law-court judge inflicting all sorts of mi
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