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Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

manifesto by Luther

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impact on Reformation

  • Germany
    In Germany: The Reformation of Germany

    …pamphlet he published that year, Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, urged the empire’s secular rulers to reform a church that would not set its own house in order. Popes and prelates are not sacrosanct, he argued; they may be brought to justice. As every Christian can…

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    In Protestantism: Luther’s manifesto

    His Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation called upon the ruling class in Germany, including the emperor, in whom Luther had not yet lost confidence, to reform the church externally by returning it to apostolic poverty and simplicity. This appeal to the civil…

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