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From a famous spiritual scholar comes a riveting bank account of the Catholic Church's failed try to crush Martin Luther and his Reformation. In 1521 the Catholic Chapel was trying to find Martin Luther. Angered by the Religious reformer's unapologetic criticisms of the Chapel, the Holy Roman emperor got called for him "to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic". Realizing that inquisitors would murder the monk and crush his delicate movement if they found him, Luther's supporters spirited him away to Wartburg Castle in central Germany. There Luther hid for another eight calendar months as his fate - and that of the Reformation - hung in the total amount. In Luther's Fortress acclaimed spiritual historian James Reston, Jr., identifies this essential but little-known instance in Luther's life. While at Wartburg Luther translated the Bible, fought his internal demons, and held alongside one another his fractious and more and more radicalized movement from afar. A gripping family portrait of the theologian at a transformational point in time, Luther's Fortress reveals how Luther and his Reformation emerged from Wartburg Castle more powerful than ever.
