The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-11-14
solved TO IOrsase it. and entered the AugustlnIan

solved TO iorsake il, and entered the AugustInian
While in the Augustine Convent at Erfurt he con-
ceived idea hut for which he might have
passed his life in the secluSon OF the c.olster. He
went through spiritual crisis, revolving in his
mind the teachings OF the Church and poring over
the old books in the library. and il was then that
a conviction took root in his soul that sins could
only be forgiven through the grace OF God
but he hSd I1 no de 9 6si1g in % e0net @ with the
when in 1910 he made journey to Rome in the
interest OF his Order, he devouty ascended on ms
knees the scala santa opposite The Church OF 81
clared repeated the passage: The just shall live
by faith II required, however, only the proper
external occasion TO call out the reformation as IL
fully prepared. not only in the mind OF Luther.
but for centuries past in the Latin Church at
large, both negatively and positively, by the anti
England Huss in Bohemia savonarola IN Italy
Vessel and many Others in Holland and Germany.
This occasion was the abuses attending the pro-
mitigation OF an indulgence under the authority
OF Pope Leo X. 10 all who, besides fulfilling other
conditions. should contribute money for the
rebuilding OF 81. Peters az Rome. Ine per
son intrusted with the dispensaton
OF these indulgences in Saxonv was
q Dominican monk named Jetzel, who
seems 10 have discharged his functions in a man-
ner in which many devOut Catholics regarded as
pro1ane. He went far beyond the received doe.
made the granting of ecclesiastical remisSions
little. if any, better than an open sale. Against
bold protest in the famous ninetyfve Latin theses
which he posted ND on the doors OF the Sehlors-
kirche at NittenDeTg. He ineloSed copy OF them
TO the Archbishop OF Nadgeburg. Deseeching that
preate to put stop To Tetzels scandalous prac-
tees. These theses. although submitting the en-
tire controversy 20 the decision OF the Pope con
tanned. nevertheless. the germ Of Protestant
doctrines They spread with the velocity
of lightning through the press and kin
died a fire throughout the Catholic
world of Europe. Leo y. finally issued
bull of accommodation against the dangerous
German hereto, who, 10y his pen had shaken the
Church and Empire TO their very foundation, Civ
ng MIN 100 days in which to recant. 1ns he refused
to do and lew months afterward he sum-
moned before tie Diet of Worms. When again
called upon 10 reCan, he boldly defended his doc
trines. crying UNLESS shall be refuted and col-
vinced by testimonies OF the Holy Scriptures, or
by public, clear and evident arguments and
sons, can not and viii not retr1ct anything.
since ] believe neither the Pope nor the Councils
alone. both sOf them having evidently often erred
and icted themselves and since IL l. neither
safe nor advisable TO do anything against the con
science. Here stand: can not do otherwise;
God helD me. Amen"
Despite the awful menace of the Pope and the
priests, Luther continued TO scatter the seeds of
reform, and his elOquenee courage and power dis
playeo on many famous occasions, determined the
fortunes of the ReformatioEs. About the last inn
pOrtant act of his life the utenance of his
peculiar views in regard TO the sacrament OF the
Lords Supper at the famous Conference of Mar
burg and in February 1916, sixteen years after he
died.