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Ep. 243: Fame, Friends, Foes and a Fat Marmot (Martin Luther #5)
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In August 1518, Pope Leo X wrote to Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, and demanded that he hand over “a son of iniquity”, Brother Martin Luther. A few weeks later Luther was on the road to Augsburg to face Cardinal Cajetan. It was arguably the most dangerous moment of his life, more dangerous even than Worms. This episode follows how Luther got there and how close he came to the stake: Fame: four groups (imperial reformers, humanists, friars and ordinary readers) each saw their own Luther.Foes: the Dominicans, Johannes Eck, Luther’s old Erfurt teachers and, f...
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Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 243, Fame, Friends, Foes and a Fat Marmot. On August 23, 1518, Pope Leo X wrote to the Elector, Frederick the Wise of Saxony, quote, Beloved son, the apostolic benediction be upon you.
We recall that the chief ornament of your most noble family has been devotion to the faith of God and to the honor and dignity of the Holy See. Now we hear that a son of iniquity, Brother Martin Lutter of the Augustinian Aramides, hurling himself upon the Church of God, has your support?
Even though we know it to be false, we must urge you to clear the reputation of your noble family from such a colony. Having been advised by the master of the secret palace that Lutter's teachings contain heresy, we have cited him to appear before Cardinal Cajetan.
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