false 5404 21 "I cannot.. I will not... recant! Here I stand." This authoritative and inspiring story paints a vivid portrait of the crusader who spearheaded the Reformation. Considered one of the most readable biographies of Martin Luther, this volume is an illustrated look at the German religious reformer and his influence on Western civilization.<P> Martin Luther entered a monastery as a youth and as a man shattered the structure of the medieval church. Luther spoke out against the corrupt religious practices that then existed. His demand that the authority for doctrine and practice be Scriptures, rather than Popes or Councils, echoed around the world and ignited the Great Reformation. Accused of heresy and threatened with excommunication and death, Luther maintained his bold stand and refused to recant. In his crusade to eliminate religious abuses, he did more than any other man to establish the Protestant faith. With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, Roland Bainton examines Luther's widespread influence. He re-creates the spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luther's place within it and influence upon it. Richly illustrated with more than 100 woodcuts and engravings from Luther's own time, <I>Here I Stand</I> dramatically brings to life Martin Luther, the great reformer.<P> Bainton published <I>Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther</I> in 1950. As of 2008, it is still in print. Kenneth Scott Latourette, in the chapter notes for "Luther and the Rise and Spread of Lutheranism" in his <I>History of Christianity</I>, lauds Bainton's biography of Luther as "A superb combination of accurate scholarship based upon a thorough knowledge of the sources and secondary works with insight, vivid, readable literary style, and reproductions of contemporary illustrations. It also contains so valuable a bibliography as to render needless an extended one in this chapter." In his chapter on Luther's writings in <I>Invitation to the Classics</I>, Mark A. Noll singles out Bainton's biography:<BR> "Of the many superlative treatments, a half-century old study by Roland Bainton, <I>Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther</I>, has justly won a reputation as a classic work on a classic subject." 838460 1950 Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther total:177|5:56|4:66|3:48|2:5|1:2| 177 700 306 27 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1969 Fri Jul 17 18:18:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:43:08 -0700 2009 twice and more to come!!! And the first unit of History was the Reformation.
When I came to read about Martin Luther, (I can recall the book, the library, the sunlight AND the dawning that I tota...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 14:40:13 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 11:20:23 -0800 2008 It contains many quotes from Luther and his contemporaries which help to give the book a sense of relevance. It is packed with useful information, but of course...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Fri Jun 22 05:14:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 05:30:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 28 09:03:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 09:08:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 10 09:02:32 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 10:44:29 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 10 09:02:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Sat May 23 21:28:37 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 21:35:31 -0700 2009
"Heir stehe ich, ich kann nicht ander, Gott hilf mir".

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