TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
—The transcriber of this project created the book cover image using the title page of the original book. The image is placed in the public domain.
LUTHER
Imprimatur
Edm. Can. Surmont,
Vic. Gen.
Westmonasterii, die 12 Martii, 1917.
LUTHER
BY
HARTMANN GRISAR, S.J.
PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK
AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN BY
E. M. LAMOND
EDITED BY
LUIGI CAPPADELTA
Volume VI
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., Ltd.
BROADWAY HOUSE 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C.
1917
“His most elaborate and systematic biography … is not merely a book to bereckoned with; it is one with which we cannot dispense, if only for its minuteexamination of Luther’s theological writings.”—The Athenæum (Vol. I).
“The second volume of Dr. Grisar’s ‘Life of Luther’ is fully as interesting as thefirst. There is the same minuteness of criticism and the same width of survey.”—TheAthenæum (Vol. II).
“Its interest increases. As we see the great Reformer in the thick of his work,and the heyday of his life, the absorbing attraction of his personality takes hold ofus more and more strongly. His stupendous force, his amazing vitality, his superhumaninterest in life, impress themselves upon us with redoubled effect. We findhim the most multiform, the most paradoxical of men.… The present volume,which is admirably translated, deals rather with the moral, social, and personal sideof Luther’s career than with his theology.”—The Athenæum (Vol. III).
“Father Grisar has gained a high reputation in this country through the translationof his monumental work on the History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages,and this first instalment of his ‘Life of Luther’ bears fresh witness to his unweariedindustry, wide learning, and scrupulous anxiety to be impartial in his judgments aswell as absolutely accurate in matters of fact.”—Glasgow Herald.
“This ‘Life of Luther’ is bound to become standard … a model of every literary,critical, and scholarly virtue.”—The Month.
“Like its two predecessors, Volume III excels in the minute analysis not merely ofLuther’s actions, but also of his writings; indeed, this feature is the outstandingmerit of the author’s patient labours.”—The Irish Times.
“This third volume of Father Grisar’s monumental ‘Life’ is full of interest for thetheologian. And not less for the psychologist; for here more than ever the authorallows himself to probe into the mind and motives and understanding of Luther, soas to get at the significance of his development.”—The Tablet (Vol. III).
“Historical research owes a debt of gratitude to Father Grisar for the calm unbiasedmanner in which he marshals the facts and opinions on Luther which hisdeep erudition has gathered.”—The Tablet (Vol. IV).
“We have nothing but commendation for the translation.