Notes not in book or chronological order
- Marvelous word Anfechtungun for inner battles over faith
- After Leipzig debate M.L. gets more aggressive and published three books within a year
- From this comes "faith alone" and calling the Pope anti-christ, sometimes back-peddling to Pope as institution is anti-christ
- Men more extreme than he pushed the movement forward -- notably Karlstadt and Müntzer, but still others claimed to be divinely inspired. And a strong current of millennialism developed which students to drop out of university at Wittenberg
- Melanchthon was the non-combative, consolatory character of what we now call Lutheranism
- Luther sees Anfechtungun as test if someone is having real visions from God -- it can't all be just peachy keen. Last part is a quote from the author, not L.
- Karlstadt pushed iconoclasm due to a highly dualistic belief -- nothing should stimulate the senses.
- The humanists had a habit of taking on a new last name to reflect their erudition -- Luther did as well, but I forget it and don't care to look it up
- Luther had already changed his name from Luder, which was a crude word.
- Speaking of name changes, MLK's dad was actually named Michael but changed his name to Martin Luther King after attending a religious conference in Germany, and his son did as well -- those closest to him called him Mike through his life.
- Author claims that Luther by using pamphlets in German so much essentially created the vox populi
