Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident

Name: Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident
SKU: 9781473621664
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Hardback|Mar 2017

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:The 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of his local university church in Wittenberg. Most scholars now agree that the details of...

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:The 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of his local university church in Wittenberg. Most scholars now agree that the details of this eye-catching gesture are more legend than hammer and nails, but what is certainly true is that on this day (probably in a letter to his local Archbishop in Mainz), the Augustinian Friar and theologian issued an outspokenly blunt challenge to his own Catholic Church to reform itself from within - especially over the sale of 'indulgences' - which ultimately precipitated a huge religious and political upheaval right across Europe and divided mainstream Christianity ever after.

A new, popular biography from journalist Peter Stanford, looking at Martin Luther from within his Catholic context, examining his actual aims for Catholicism as well as his enduring legacy - and where he might fit within the church today.

PRODUCT DETAIL

Catalogue Code 471644
Product Code 9781473621664
ISBN 1473621666
EAN 9781473621664
Pages 448
Department Academic
Category Classic
Sub-Category Martin Luther
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date Mar 2017
Sales Rank 65943
Dimensions 239 x 162 x 39mm
Weight 0.716kg

Peter Stanford

Peter Stanford is a full-time freelance writer and broadcaster. He is a regular contributor to the Independent on Sunday, Independent, Observer and the Daily Mail and has written many books on Catholicism. He has presented and produced award-winning radio and television programmes and series, including three adaptations of his own books and was the Editor of the Catholic Herald.