The world: historical and actual . tually committed not only, butlicenses to commit others with impunity- Thisaroused the righteous indignation of Luther,and onthe 31stof , Octo-ber heboldlynailed tothe doorof thechurch atWitten-burg hisninety-five not-ed theses,or prop-ositionsin denialof theright tothus abetcrime andvice. Thisholy zeal aroused fierce and bitter opposition. Dr. Lutheiwas denounced as a Hussite. A council was called,and he was guaranteed immunity to and fromit. He accepted, notwithstanding the fate ofHuss. An attempt was made to condemn him indisregard of that guaranty, but th
The world: historical and actual . tually committed not only, butlicenses to commit others with impunity- Thisaroused the righteous indignation of Luther,and onthe 31stof , Octo-ber heboldlynailed tothe doorof thechurch atWitten-burg hisninety-five not-ed theses,or prop-ositionsin denialof theright tothus abetcrime andvice. Thisholy zeal aroused fierce and bitter opposition. Dr. Lutheiwas denounced as a Hussite. A council was called,and he was guaranteed immunity to and fromit. He accepted, notwithstanding the fate ofHuss. An attempt was made to condemn him indisregard of that guaranty, but the V., best known in connection with Spam,refused to be a party to sucli perfidy, and Lutherdeparted from the Diet of Worms unmolested, afterhaving boldly defended his position. By a preconcerted plan he was kidnapped on theroad by his friends and taken in disguise to thefriendly castle of Wartburg, where he spent his timein making a translation of the Bible into the Ger-man language. In that great work, says Mr. 29. Taylor, • he accomplished more than a service toChristianity; he created the modern German lan-guage. Before Ins time there had been no tonguewhich was known and accepted throughout thewhole empire. He was assisted in this great ^orkby Philip Melancthon and other scholars, it wasdone with the utmost care, and is a monumenimarking the dawn of German literature The Emperor of Germany was also jtSpain, Naples, Sicily and Spanish America, spend ing verylittle timein his iiiiperial wit!theTurksand theFrenchhe couldnot givemuch at-tentiontoecclesias-tical mat-ters con-dition oft h i n g -gre a 11;.favoredthe Prot-estant cause. Luthers policy was to win to hissupport as many as jjossible of the petty sovereigns. By his Bible and his preaching he aimedto reach the popular heart, and by his political pol-icy to secure the protection of the real rulers ofGermany. A popular uprising in Southern Ger-many occurred in 1
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