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In a clear, non-technical way, this noted Reformation historian tells the story of how the nascent reforming and confessional movement sparked and led by Martin Luther survived its first battles with religious and political authorities to become institutionalized in its religious practices and teachings. Gritsch then traces the emergence of genuine consensus at the end of the sixteenth century,...

Praising the newly elected emperor, Charles V, as a divine sign for “a time of grace,” Luther began by calling for the demolition of three walls behind which the papacy had established its authority: the notion that there is a divinely instituted difference between clergy and laity; the claim that only the pope can interpret Scripture; and the assertion that only the pope can summon an ecumenical council and approve its actions. He then listed a great variety of ecclesiastical abuses that had contributed
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