Martin Luther in the Changing Light of Four Centuries (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Martin Luther in the Changing Light of Four CenturiesTo judge from the frequent mention of Luther's name and the many references to his work in the age of Pro testant scholasticism one might think that his spirit ruled the age. But as a matter of fact the age laid all its em phasis upon Luther's individual words and deeds, upon externalities of all kinds, and received very little impress of his personality. His message was not apprehended. His views were not seriously studied. His writings were not read. It is a significant fact that after the Witten berg and Jena editions of Luther's works had been issued and reprinted several times during the second half of the sixteenth century, with the year 1600 the demand for the works of the Reformer suddenly ceased and did not ap pear again until far into the eighteenth century. It is true a new edition of ten volumes was issued at Alten burg in 1661-1664. But this was a very incomplete edi tion, was published by Order of the Altenburg Count Frederick William, was edited by his court preacher, Sagittarius, and found very little sale. Its publication.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.