The story of the Emperor’s breach of the
safe-conduct. Luther’s asseveration that his
opponents refused to argue because they knew him
to be in the right. What Luther stood for at Worms
was no “freedom of conscience” in the modern sense.
The legendary utterance “Here I stand. I cannot
do otherwise. God help me. Amen.” Various tales
unfavourable to Luther: His supposed drunkenness
and excesses at Worms; despatches of Contarini the
Venetian minister and Aleander the papal nuncio _pages_ 69-79
4. LUTHER’S SOJOURN AT THE WARTBURG.
Luther’s disposition and occupation in his lonely
retreat. Rising scruples crushed; gloomy thoughts;
bodily assaults of the evil one; temptations. His
cogitations on the question of celibacy; discovers
the best argument to use against vows and priestly
obligations, viz. “evangelical freedom”; result
committed to print in his work “On Monastic
Vows”; his own intention to remain unmarried. His
self-accusations of gluttony and laziness not to
be taken literally. His translation of the New
Testament. His work “On the Abuse of the Mass”;
its frightful caricature of the Pope of Rome. His
spiritual Baptism; his conviction of the reality of
his Divine mission _pages_ 79-94
5. WARTBURG LEGENDS.
Luther’s own language responsible for certain
unfounded charges against him. Meaning of the
“_titillationes_” and “_molestiæ_” of which he
complains. The haunted castle; incident of the
visit of “Hans von Berlips’s wife”; the ubiquitous
ink-smudge _pages_ 94-96
CHAPTER XIII. THE RISE OF THE REFORMED CHURCHES _pages_ 97-172
1. AGAINST THE FANATICS. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES?
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