The Erfurt preachers at variance with the Town-Council. Luther shifts his ground in his controversies with the Catholics. How the Church, in spite of Christ’s promises, contrived to remain plunged in error for over a thousand years. Luther’s interpretation of Christ’s words “On this rock” _pages_ 325-340 CHAPTER XXXIX. END OF LUTHER’S LIFE _pages_ 341-386 1. THE FLIGHT FROM WITTENBERG. His depression gets the better of him and he leaves the town “for ever.” Change of air sweetens his temper and he returns and resumes his work with new ardour _pages_ 341-351 2. LAST TROUBLES AND CARES. Quarrels with the Swiss and with New Believers nearer home; with the lawyers regarding clandestine marriages; the State proves a cause of vexation on account of its interference in matters which concern the preachers. Luther’s fears for the future; encroachments of human reason; the coming collapse of morals _pages_ 351-369 3. LUTHER’S DEATH AT EISLEBEN (1546). Thoughts of death. His last visit to Mansfeld, to act as arbitrator between the Counts. The versions of his last moments _pages_ 370-381 4. IN THE WORLD OF LEGEND. The tale of Luther’s suicide, of the disappearance of his body, etc. Who was responsible for the habit of concocting such stories _pages_ 381-386 CHAPTER XL. AT THE GRAVE _pages_ 387-462 1. LUTHER’S FAME AMONG THE FRIENDS HE LEFT BEHIND. Extracts from the panegyrics and early biographies; medals struck in his honour; his epitaphs _pages_ 387-394 2. LUTHER’S MEMORY AMONG THE CATHOLICS. THE QUESTION OF HIS GREATNESS. Luther’s defiance of the whole world, whilst evoking their wonder, failed to secure the admiration of Catholics. Whether Luther’s undoubted strength of will makes of him a “great man.” The part played by other factors in the movement he inaugurated _pages_ 394-407 3. LUTHER’S FATE IN THE FIRST STRUGGLES FOR HIS SPIRITUAL HERITAGE. Defeat of the Schmalkalden Leaguers. Osiandric, Majorite, Adiaphoristic, Synergistic and Cryptocalvinist controversies _pages_ 407-423 4. MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF THE TWO CAMPS. GROWING STRENGTH OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Lutherans are induced to adopt the Formula of Concord as a counterblast against the Council of Trent. Catholic theology benefits by the new controversies; the Church’s religious life is deepened; progress in catechetical instruction, in matters educational, Bible-study and Church-history _pages_ 423-439 5. LUTHER AS DESCRIBED BY THE OLDEN “ORTHODOX” LUTHERANS. Their “mediæval” attitude. Luther the “Prophet of the Germans,” a New Elias and John the Baptist _pages_ 440-444