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Title: Martin Luther, the man and his work
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: McGiffert, Arthur Cushman, 1861-1933
Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Publisher: New York, The Century Co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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^On November 17 he renewed his appeal from thepope to a general council declaring, in his usual violentfashion, that the former was an unrighteous judge, aheretic and apostate, an enemy of the Holy Scriptures,and a slanderer of church and council. He also calledupon emperors, princes, and all civil officials to supporthis appeal and oppose what he styled the unchristianconduct of the pope. Finally, on December 10, he broke permanently withthe papal see and gave dramatic expression to his re-nunciation of the popes authority by publicly burningthe bull and the canon law in the presence of a largeconcourse of professors and students. Melanchthonannounced the event in the following placard, postedupon the door of the City Church : Whoever is devoted to gospel truth, let him be onhand at nine oclock by the Church of the Holy Cross,outside the walls, where according to ancient and apos-tolic custom the impious books of papal law and scho-lastic theology will be given to the flames. For the
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From a carbon print by Brauu & Co.PHILIP MELANCHTHON. FROM A CRAYON DRAWING BY HANS HOLBEIN THE FINAL BREAK WITH ROME 189 audacity of the enemies of the gospel has gone so far asto burn the devout and evangelical books of Luther.Come, reverent and studious youth, to this pious andreligious spectacle, for perhaps now is the time whenantichrist shall be revealed. In a defense published soon afterward Luther jus-tified the burning of the canon law because it taughtamong other things the supremacy of the pope andhis absolute authority over Bible, church, and Chris-tian conscience. Again, as so often, there was re-vealed the kinship in principle between his revolt andthe many other uprisings against unlimited and uncon-stitutional monarchy through which freedom has beenwon for the modern world. Luthers bold act was not the result of a sudden andhasty impulse. He had announced his intentionmonths before, and though the project was known tothe elector and many friends, no objection seems

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