Ep. 242: A Drunken German Lights a Fire
History of the Germans

Ep. 242: A Drunken German Lights a Fire

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n spring 1518 Martin Luther assured Pope Leo X that he was a dutiful son of the Church. But was he still one? The 95 Theses were the perfect opening salvo: provocative, popular and, crucially, not obviously heretical. Archbishop Albrecht’s own theologians in Mainz refused to condemn them and passed the problem on to Rome. Then Luther did something new: he wrote the Sermon on Indulgences and Grace in punchy German for ordinary readers. It became an early bestseller and helped create a mass market for public debate in print. Tetzel’s Dominicans hit back with cou...

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Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 242, a drunken German lights a fire. I have heard some bad rumours about me, Most Holy Father. I understand that some good friends have made my name foul with you, claiming that I have tried to do away with the reputation and the power of the keys as well as of

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the pontiff. I am accused a heretic, an apostate and a false believer, besides being branded with 600 additional, columnious epithets. My eyes are horrified and my ears amazed, but my innocent and pure conscience still

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remains the bulwark of my confidence." So wrote Martin Luther to Pope Leo X in May 1518. Was he already heretic then? Are you sure his purgatory was won later?

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