Here I stand : a life of Martin Luther /
by Roland H. Bainton.
- 422pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
"A Mentor book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-411) and index.
I. The Vow -- II. The Cloister -- III. The Gospel -- IV. The Onslaught -- V. The Son of iniquity -- VI. The Saxon hus -- VII. The German Hercules -- VIII. The Wild boar in the vineyard -- IX. The Appeal to Caesar -- X. Here I stand -- XI. My Patmos -- XII. The Return of the exile -- XIII. No other foundation -- XIV. Rebuilding the walls -- XV. The Middle way -- XVI. Behemoth, Leviathan, and the great waters -- XVII. The School for character -- XVIII. The Church territorial -- XIX. The Church tutorial -- XX. The Church ministerial -- XXI. The Struggle for faith -- XXII. The Measure of the man.
A definitive life of the monk who cried out against the corruption of the medieval church and changed the history of the world, with a full background of the period and church affairs, quotations from Luther's writings, etc. Martin Luther entered a monastery as a youth and as a man shattered the structure of the medieval church. Luther spoke out against the corrupt religious practices that then existed. His demand that the authority for doctrine and practice be Scriptures, rather than Popes or Councils, echoed around the world and ignited the Great Reformation. Accused of heresy and threatened with excommunication and death, Luther maintained his bold stand and refused to recant. In his crusade to eliminate religious abuses, he did more than any other man to establish the Protestant faith. This book examines Luther's widespread influence. The author re-creates the spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luther's place within it and influence upon it.