Martin Luther

Excerpt from Martin Luther: A Study of Reformation Here are the great Humanists Mirandola, Petrarch, Reuchlin, Erasmus, Thomas More; here Leonardo, Raphael, and Michael Angelo; here Bruno and Bacon, Shakspere, Cervantes and Hans Sachs; here Copernicus, Galileo and Columbus; here is Gutenberg, with hand up raised, as scattering the new thought over the new earth; here are the Saxon Electors, William the Silent, Elizabeth, Gustavus - the princes who backed the new thought with the power of the State; here is that brilliant galaxy of Reformers before the Reforma tion Wiclif, the morning star, Arnold of Brescia, Peter Waldo, Savonarola, John Huss; and here are Calvin, Zwingli, and Melanchthon. But towering above these, the centre of the whole great company, the point to which all tend and' from which all radiate, stands the mighty figure of Martin Luther, lifting high above his head the Open Bible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.