Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . ome time been exercised on thethemes under discussion. Among them was JohnBrentz, then nineteen years old, afterwards to be-come the Reformer of Wuerttemburg ; ErhardSchnepf, then twenty-three, afterwards professor atJena; Theobald Billicanus, the Reformer of Noerd-lingen ; and Martin Bucer, a young Dominican monk,who, although a member of the same Order as Tet-zel, was an accomplished scholar and a youth of deepearnestness. A letter of Bucer, written directlyafterwards, is full of the glow of admiration thatthe d
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . ome time been exercised on thethemes under discussion. Among them was JohnBrentz, then nineteen years old, afterwards to be-come the Reformer of Wuerttemburg ; ErhardSchnepf, then twenty-three, afterwards professor atJena; Theobald Billicanus, the Reformer of Noerd-lingen ; and Martin Bucer, a young Dominican monk,who, although a member of the same Order as Tet-zel, was an accomplished scholar and a youth of deepearnestness. A letter of Bucer, written directlyafterwards, is full of the glow of admiration thatthe discussion had infused, and gives a summary ofLuthers treatment of each of the theses that werereached. With all the force that our leaders brought to bearagainst him, they were not able with their quibbles tomove him even a fingers breadth. It is astonishing, withwhat amenity he answers, with what incomparable pa-tience he listens to his opponents, and with what genuinePauline, not Scotist, acuteness, he unties the knots ofobjections, so that by his brief and forcible answers. JOHN BRcNTZ. FROM AN OlD engraving. i5i8] The Reception of the Theses ^7 derived likewise from the treasure of Holy Scripture, heeasily won the admiration of all. * After the discussion these students conferred withLuther. He accepted Bucers invitation to a meal,during which they were alone, and had ample op-portunity for the freest conversation. Bucer makesthe significant remark: In all things he agreeswith Erasmus; only that what Erasmus merely sug-gests, he teaches plainly. Leaving Heidelberg in the beginning of May, hisreturn was not as fatiguing as his journey thitherhad been, for his friends saw to it that he rode theentire distance back. During part of the way hehad the company of one of his former teachers atErfurt, Dr. Usingen, and used all his powers ofpersuasion to win him over. I left him, he says,^** thinking and wondering, and concludes thatlittle hope can be entertained of those who havegro
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