Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . erred upon him by his theologicaldoctorate that had been given him by the protection of the Elector of Saxony, with hiswell-known zeal for the truth, ought to assure thePope that he could not be the dangerous man thathe was represented to be! No words of submissioncould be more emphatic than those with which hecloses: Quicken, kill, call, recall, approve, reprove,as you please. I will acknowledge your voice asthat of Christ, presiding and speaking in you. Introducing the Resoliitioncs with a statement oft
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . erred upon him by his theologicaldoctorate that had been given him by the protection of the Elector of Saxony, with hiswell-known zeal for the truth, ought to assure thePope that he could not be the dangerous man thathe was represented to be! No words of submissioncould be more emphatic than those with which hecloses: Quicken, kill, call, recall, approve, reprove,as you please. I will acknowledge your voice asthat of Christ, presiding and speaking in you. Introducing the Resoliitioncs with a statement ofthe standard according to which doctrines are to bejudged, the decisions of the scholastics and canonistsare ruled out, and only the Holy Scriptures, theChurch Fathers, and the usage of the Roman Churchadmitted. While the line between Scriptural andecclesiastical authority is not explicitly drawn,nevertheless the treatment shows that he regardsHoly Scripture as the only final authority. Ex-amining each of the Theses, his main effort is de- Op, ^ ii., 132. Ii>.,
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