Luther, vol. 5 of 6

by Hartmann Grisar

[460] Wieser rightly points out that Luther claimed above all to be a “National Prophet”; he was fond of saying that he had brought the Gospel “to the Saxons,” or “to the Germans.” Ib., 8, pp. 143 f., 356.

[461] Ib., 8, p. 352.

[462] Above, pp. 3 ff. and 66 ff.

[463] Cp. Wieser, ib., 8, p. 353.

[464] Wieser, ib., 8, p. 387.

[465] “Gesch. des gelehrten Unterrichts,” 1², 1896, p. 174.

[466] See above, vol. iii., p. 25 ff.

[467] Vol. ii., p. 111. “Werke,” Weim. ed., 12, p. 169 ff.; “Opp. lat. var.,” 6, p. 494 sqq.

[468] “Werke,” ib., p. 192=p. 528.

[469] Ib., p. 194=532.