Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . death-bed of his father. When Luther heard of his arrest,he wrote him a letter of consolation,* and interestedthe Elector on his behalf, but in vain. He wasburned at Schaerding, August i6, 1527. Lutherpublished an account of the martyrdom, terminghim a true Kaiser (Emperor), who, by his death,had conquered the mightiest power on earth. Before the burning of Kaiser, he felt deeply theassassination of George Winkler, preacher at Halle,upon his return from an appearance at the episcopalcourt of the Archbishop of Maye
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . death-bed of his father. When Luther heard of his arrest,he wrote him a letter of consolation,* and interestedthe Elector on his behalf, but in vain. He wasburned at Schaerding, August i6, 1527. Lutherpublished an account of the martyrdom, terminghim a true Kaiser (Emperor), who, by his death,had conquered the mightiest power on earth. Before the burning of Kaiser, he felt deeply theassassination of George Winkler, preacher at Halle,upon his return from an appearance at the episcopalcourt of the Archbishop of Mayence, where heanswered the charge of having administered thecommunion in both forms. Many regarded theArchbishop an accomplice in the crime. In hisConsolation to Christians at Halle upon the Deathof their Preacher,^ Luther attacks the Recess ofMayence, with its sanguinary threats, as justifyingand instigating such crimes. Acts scarcely lessatrocious were heard of from many quarters, andcreated ceaseless anxiety. De Wette, 3 : 179.^ Walch, xxi., 173 sqq. Erlangen, 22 : 294 ULRIC ZWINQLI. A MEMORIAL OF HIS DEATH. CHAPTER VII ZWINGLI AND THE MARBURG COLLOQUY IN the controversy which broke out in 1525, sepa-rating into two camps those who had heretoforeseemed to be making common cause against thePapacy, came another trial. The difference concern-ing the Holy Supper, that came into prominence,was only the expression of a different mode of view-ing all the articles of faith. Ulric Zwingli, the SwissReformer, seven weeks Luthers junior, and, likehim, a peasants son, knew nothing of the inner con-flicts through which Luther was forced, step by step,to his break with the Papacy. By taste and train-ing a humanist, in feeling a patriot, and in practicea politician and statesman, he had the courage whichmost of the humanists had not, to embody his con-victions of the corruptions of Rome into plans ofradical reform that he did not shrink from Luthers conviction of the
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