Charles Beard: "Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany," Ch. 5, 15...
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monastery, under Luther’s much beloved theological Doctor and Vicar John von Staupitz,
Luther was industrious, genuine, and serious. Dr. Staupitz recognized and greatly
aided the young man. Luther read the Bible assiduously. He read Athanasius’s De
Trinitate, Nicholas De Lyra, Gabriel Biel, Peter d’Ailly, Occam, Aquinas, Scotus,
Gerson, Jerome, and, repeatedly, returning to Augustine. Luther was an “inmate”
at Erfurt, Jul 1505 to Nov 1508. On 2 May 1507, he was admitted to the priesthood
(155). The oft-told story is given of Hans’s visit to the monastery upon Martin’s
ordination. One hears of ceremonial “sins,” to wit, missing this-that-the-other
in terms of words, vestments or even misdone intonations.
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