History of the Christian Church, Volume VII. Modern Christianity. The German Reformation.
"The Praise of Folly" (Encomium Moriae)^518 was written on a journey from Italy to England, and finished in the house of his con ...
the establishment and the adjoining stable. The "Ichthyophagia" is a dialogue between a butcher and a fishmonger, and exposes th ...
and Roman philosophers, and shows that the end of all human effort is Christ, and that the way to Christ is faith abounding in g ...
from Athanasius. Erasmus was essentially a scholar, Luther a reformer; the one was absorbed in literature, the other in religion ...
the wish: "May the Lord Jesus grant you daily more of his Spirit for his glory and the general good."^528 So far, then, he objec ...
the danger there was of this matter ending in violence, and no one ever hated violence more than I do. Indeed, I even went so fa ...
affairs. Nothing can exceed the pride or violent temper of Cardinal Cajetan, of Charles Miltitz, of Marinus, of Aleander. They a ...
against Luther Christ’s call upon Jerusalem to repent (Matt. 23:37), and the will of God that no one should perish, but that all ...
In the same book Luther makes a distinction between the Word of God and God himself, or between the revealed will of God, which ...
for St. Augustin and indorsing his anthropology, never sanctioned his views on total depravity and unconditional predestination, ...
vol. I., 1841, pp. 188 sqq., 261 sqq., 2d ed. 1868. Döllinger: Reformation, vol. I., 161–174. D. F. Strauss: Ulrich von Hutten, ...
commanding presence, social culture, charming manners, and princely liberality.^550 He constantly entertained distinguished stra ...
His last letters, like those of Erasmus, breathe discontent with the times, lament over the decline of letters and good morals, ...
Melanchthon: Historic Thomae Münzers (1525), in Walch, XVI. 204 sqq. Cochlæus (Rom. Cath.), in his writings against Luther. II. ...
discontent. The peasants mistook spiritual liberty for carnal license. They appealed to the Bible and to Dr. Luther in support o ...
granted in 1524, Germany might have been spared the calamity of bloodshed, and entered upon a career of prosperity. But the rule ...
of the gospel.^561 He called upon the magistrates to "stab, kill, and strangle" them like mad dogs. He who dies in defence of th ...
The Peasants’ War was a complete failure, and the victory of the princes an inglorious revenge. The reaction made their conditio ...
Frederick was a devout Catholic, a believer in relics and indulgences, but at the same time a lover of fair dealing, an admirer ...
of the Church, and exercised also the right of reforming the Church (jus reformationis) in their dominions, whereby they establi ...
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