Martin Luther and Other Essays e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. With all this rich culture and the new ideas with which it flooded his mind, it does not appear that any doubt had been awakened in him of the truth of the old religion. He was still a devout Catholic; he still prayed to the saints as the proper helpers in time of need. When accident ally wounded by the sword which, according to student fashion, he wore at his side, lying, as he thought, at the point of death, he invoked, not God, but the Virgin, for aid. Mary, help! Was his cry.