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Martinus Noster : Luther in the German Reform Movement 1518 - 1521
Overview: Martin Luther's struggle with scholastic theologians after 1517 was soon seen as an important contribution to the already-existing reform movement. Particularly after the Leipzig debate many humanists and other friends of reform began to support him actively. Apart from a party of theologians and mendicants, almost all the learned people in Germany were on his side, at least until the Diet of Worms 1521. In this period, Erasmus of Rotterdam held by a key position, and he as well as many of his friends defended Luther and attacked his adversaries in letters and pamphlets. The intercation between the general longing for reform and the special impact of Luther's work contributed to creating the basis for the decision and the course of events leading to the reformation. The book has eight chapters: The Background, The Preparation for the Leipzig Disputation, the Leipzig Debate on the Origin of Papal Power, the Post-Leipzig Debate, The Support for Luther, The Growing Tension between the Reform Party and the Scholastic Theologians, The Reception of the Bull against Luther, and finally Luther's Reactions and the Disintegration of the Refrom Party after Worms.
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