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This is an upper-level introduction to the German Reformer Martin Luther, who by his thought and action was a key pioneer in the Reformation movement. Martin Luther was one of the most influential and important figures of the second millennium. His break with Rome and the development of separate Evangelical churches affected not just the religious life of Europe, but also social and political...

not the decision for genocide. Luther warned, even in his severest recommendations, ‘you must not harm their persons.’ ”50 Carter Lindberg in his article on Martin Luther in a collection of essays on significant figures in history that have been accused of anti-Semitism, Tainted Greatness, makes the point that Luther’s writings against Jews should be rejected because at their heart they reject Luther’s own core theological commitments and “embraced the messianic pretensions of a theology
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