One of the chief characteristics of Martin Luther, the famous German religious reformer, was his courage. He was only a poor monk; but he was so deeply moved by the scandalous abuses of the Christian Church that he made his voice heard in denunciation of them; and when he was excommunicated by the Pope, he badly nailed the Pope’s Bull, before which all men trembled, on the church door at Wittenberg, and defied him. Many good men, of much more learning and of greater position than he, were equally scandalized by the corruption of the Church; but they were timid and kept silent, or they were diffident and felt they had no power to do anything. But this obscure monk spoke out, and by his boldness became the leader of the Reformation movement of the 16th century, which swept over Europe and purified the Church.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:49:37 +0000
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