and enraged authorities. As Bainton points out, Luther’s Theses differed from ordinary propositions for debate because they were “forged in anger,” and therefore were “crisp, bold [and] unqualified.”[20] Luther’s anger was fueled by his intimate understanding of a particular verse in the Bible, one he had obsessively reflected on day and night until he was finally brought to his knees in a moment of revelation. The verse was Romans 1:17: “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith