Author: Martin Luther, J.H. Robinson
Narrator: George Keller
Unabridged: 0 hr 10 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 05/14/2018
In 1520, Martin Luther debated Catholic theologian Johann Eck in Leipzig—and lost. After the debate, the pope threatened Luther with excommunication. He responded by writing this address to the German nobility, urging them to consider his reforms for the church. He argues that the Catholic church abuses undue power, and asks, “If we rightly hang thieves and behead robbers, why do we leave the greed of Rome unpunished?”
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Martin Luther was a German theologian, priest, author, composer, and previous Augustinian monk who is best recalled as a key figure in the Protestant Reformation and the creator of Lutheranism.In the year 1507, Luther was ordained as a priest. He ca...