num_pages: 560
description: Brecht here describes the years in which the distinctive aspects of the Reformation took shape. During this time four difficult conflictsthe Peasants' War the interchange between Luther and Erasmus debates on the Lord's Supper and the rise of Anabaptist groupsstrengthened the need to fashion new orders for governing the church and the need to develop new patterns for worship and the instruction of youth. Luther the theologian was occupied with problems of politics economy law and education. In addition his own life was altered by his marriage.
language: English
title: Martin Luther, Volume 2: Shaping and Defining the Reformation, 1521-1532
publisher: Fortress Press