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THE CHASM BETWEEN ME AND MY BODY

V. ELLSWORTH LEWIS, PH.D. E nvision a Hessian fortress built before Thomas Aquinas took First Communion. To the east, see Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, laying siege to Vienna. Hear the Holy Roman Emperor decree Catholicism the imperial religion, and Luther a heretic and enemy of the realm. Note that the term “protestant” is newly coined, following the anti-protestant Edict of Worms. Heresy is a capital offense, and Luther survives thanks to the protection of a Saxon nobleman, Frederick the Wise. Such is the setting when Luther and Zwingli are summoned to Marburg Castle in 1529—implored by princes to unify Protestants under common articles of faith in hopes of withstanding the existential threats of that era.

“I would rather drink pure blood with the Pope, than mere wine with the fanatics.” – Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 37, 317

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