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AMONG THE LESSER FIGURES surrounding the giant Luther in the famous memorial at Worms are the figures of the Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony and of the Landgrave Philip of Hesse. They are salutary reminders that there is no merely ecclesiastical reading of the Reformation.
“Yes, heroic Swan. I love thee even when thou gabbiest like a goose: for thy geese helped to save the Capitol.” S. T. Coleridge on Luther’s Table Talk.
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© 1973 H. G. Koenigsberger
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Rupp, G. (1973). Luther and Government. In: Koenigsberger, H.G. (eds) Luther. World Profiles. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01473-6_6
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