“Luther's theses, too, were drafted in Latin, and written in the peculiar mysterious style of scholastic theology, which was absolutely incomprehensible to the masses.” LutherMartin LutherLutheranism Book:Die Lessing-Legende Source: Die Lessing-Legende
“Of the intellectual leaders of the Reformation, Luther. the narrowest mind among them, survived, while the more important intellects, Hutten, Münzer, Wendel Hipler perished. Behind Luther stood the power which was economically the most important - the princes.” LutherMartin LutherLutheranismProtestant Reformation Book:Die Lessing-Legende Source: Die Lessing-Legende
“Nothing is more unfounded than to see a “world historical action” in Luther’s theses against indulgences and to date the beginning of the Reformation from them. The Anti-Roman movement had been in existence for decades in all classes of the German nation, and the fight against the abuses of the church had already found literary expression, for instance in the writings of the humanists. They were much more scathing than the rather tame theses of Luther. who did not even blame the indulgences themselves, but only their “abuses.” LutherMartin LutherLutheranismProtestant Reformation Book:Die Lessing-Legende Source: Die Lessing-Legende
