Author : Patrick F. O'hare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1333495420
The Facts About Luther (Classic Reprint) by Patrick F. O'hare Pdf
Excerpt from The Facts About Luther We have reached another century-mark in the his tory of the Protestant Church. Four hundred years ago, on All Saints' Eve - the Hallow E'en Of our days - the young Professor of Sacred Scripture in the University of Wittenberg attached ninety-five proposi tions, or theses, to the University bulletin-board on the portals of the Old Castle Church Of the town. Historians and theologians, both Catholics and Pro testants, have viewed that act in many ways. To some it was a defiance hurled at the immoral conditions Of Europe, a gage thrown down at last, after several cen turies of spiritual conflict, for Rome to pick up or to be branded as a cowardly antagonist of German as pirations, of German love and devotion for pure doc trine, for pure moral living. To others, it was only an incident - ah incident, it is true, which was to set Europe ablaze within five years - but still an incident, which might have been seen and soon forgotten, had not the temporal condition Of Europe been ready for the outbreak which followed it. Both sides admit that the Christian faith had then fallen upon evil days, but both sides have since torn away every vestige Of hero worship from the militant figrre Of the man who cen tered Europe, political and religious, around himself at the Diet Of Worms, three years afterwards. Both sides have yielded much for and against him in the discussions, the polemics, the attacks, the accusations, which have swirled around him since. The Protestant religious world, although deprived Of valuable auxiliaries in the Sturm und Drang Of the conflict which is now throwing the world into confusion, will not allow this Fourth Centenary of Luther's Theses to pass without an attempt to rehabilitate their great hero, despite the results Of modern scholarship. 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.