Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . sg. Other documents of the conference inLoescher, ii., 40-62. Gerdesius, i., Monumenta, p. 78. » DeWette, i? 112. 88 Martin Luther [1518 mediately wrote a long letter, full of affection, tothe man to whom he confesses that he owes so much,calmly denying some of the matters with which hehas been charged, and expressing the desire to cor-respond with him at length as to the points involved,if there be no other way of conferring. But thepupil had advanced too far for his instructor whenhe laid down the sweeping propo
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . sg. Other documents of the conference inLoescher, ii., 40-62. Gerdesius, i., Monumenta, p. 78. » DeWette, i? 112. 88 Martin Luther [1518 mediately wrote a long letter, full of affection, tothe man to whom he confesses that he owes so much,calmly denying some of the matters with which hehas been charged, and expressing the desire to cor-respond with him at length as to the points involved,if there be no other way of conferring. But thepupil had advanced too far for his instructor whenhe laid down the sweeping proposition that musthave cut the adherent of Scholasticism to the veryquick, in the words: I absolutely believe that it isimpossible to reform the Church, unless the can-ons, decretals, scholastic theology, philosophy, andlogic, as they are now, be eradicated, and otherstudies be instituted. There was a subsequentinterview, but without result. On the 15th of MayLuther is again at home, with his strength greatlyrenewed for the conflicts that are at hand. » De Wette, 1: 107 HUS. LUTHER. CHAPTER III ECK, PRIERIAS, AND THE POPE SHORTLY before Luthers departure for Heidel-berg he was annoyed by an underhanded attackfrom a man who professed to be his friend, Dr. JohnEck, of Ingolstadt. A year before they had been in-troduced by Scheurl, and had corresponded. In his Obelisks, Eck applied to Luther epithets justifia-ble only when every effort has failed to convince anopponent of his error. Luther was the more indig-nant because he conceded the learning and abilityof Eck, and would have been pleased to have en-gaged with him in public and honourable not caring to reply, his friends inducedhim to prepare a series of Asterisks, as an an-swer, which Knaake has lately shown was not pub-lished until in the first collected edition of LuthersWorks, but, like the attack of Eck, was circulatedin manuscript. During Luthers absence, however, 0/>. var. arg., i., 406 sqq.
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