. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . nal text;and was even at this time persuaded in his own mind that BibleChristianity was something different from the scholastic theologyof the Church. On the recommendation of Reuchlin, he was appointed Profes-sor of Greek in the University of Wittenberg, in 1518. Devotedto Humanism he believed at first — like Erasmus of Rotterdam —that the Church could be reformed through the means of the NewLearning, which was now nourishing everywhere. He lecturedwith great success on Homer and also on the Greek text of the NewTestament. His hearers o
. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . nal text;and was even at this time persuaded in his own mind that BibleChristianity was something different from the scholastic theologyof the Church. On the recommendation of Reuchlin, he was appointed Profes-sor of Greek in the University of Wittenberg, in 1518. Devotedto Humanism he believed at first — like Erasmus of Rotterdam —that the Church could be reformed through the means of the NewLearning, which was now nourishing everywhere. He lecturedwith great success on Homer and also on the Greek text of the NewTestament. His hearers often numbered two thousand. But throughLuther, with whom he soon entered upon terms of intimate friend-ship, he was led to a deeper knowledge of the Scriptures, and soonrealized that learning alone could not awaken new life in the THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY 175 Church. After the disputation of Leipzig, which he attended, heespoused the cause of the Reformation as a champion of the firstrank. He devoted himself more and more to theology, and in 1526. Y \SrL6, 1VENTIS *OTVIT<DVKERIVS- ORA-PHillPPIiWENTEM^NON -POTVIT-PiNGEREDO CTAJWANVS
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