Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther

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Here is an authoritative, unforgettable biography of Martin Luther, the great religious leader, who entered a monastery as a youth and who, 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. With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, Roland Bainton examines Luther's widespread influence. He re-creates the spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luther's place within it and influence upon it. Richly illustrated with more than 100 woodcuts and engravings from Luther's own time, Here I Stand dramatically brings to life Martin Luther, the great reformer. 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