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On October 22, 1512, the faculty of the still newborn University of Wittenberg welcomed an ominous new colleague to its body. Martin Luther was taken under the wing of none other than the vicar general of the German Augustinian order: Johann von Staupitz. Luther quickly advanced in honor and prestige. Once settled down and committed to university life, Luther took up his new lifework with...

PREFACE TO THE SCHOLIA1 YOU have come, fathers and excellent men and brothers,2 with magnanimous and benevolent spirit, I see, to honor the opening and beginning of the study of this illustrious prophet, David. Perhaps I myself should not have failed in the duty to bestow this honor; in fact, I should have taken the lead with some prefatory remarks, obviously complimentary ones, to sing the praises of this outstanding prophet. He is certainly in every way wonderful and most excellent and most
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