There is something characteristic in the contrast of the two voices.
LUTHER AND THE POPE.
The Pope.—"Leo Bishop."
Luther.—"Bishop ... as a wolf is a shepherd; for the bishop ought to exhort according to the doctrine of salvation, not belch out imprecations and maledictions."
The Pope.—"... Servant of all the servants of God...."
Luther.—"In the evening when we are drunk; but in the morning we call ourselves Leo lord of all the lords."
The Pope.—"The Roman bishops, our predecessors, have been wont, on this festival, to employ the weapons of righteousness."...
Luther.—"Which, according to you, are excommunication and anathema, but according to St. Paul, patience, meekness, and charity." (2 Cor. vi, 7.)
The Pope.—"According to the duty of the apostolic office, and to maintain the purity of Christian faith."
Luther.—"In other words, the temporal possessions of the pope."