Excerpt from History of the Reformation in Germany, Vol. 2

The peculiar character and form which, the Latin church had gradually assumed gave rise, as we have already seen, to the necessity for its reform; - a reform demanded by the state of the world, and prepared by the national tendencies of the German mind, the advancement of learning, and the divergencies of theological opinion. We have likewise remarked how the abuse of the traffic in indulgences, and the disputes to which it gave birth, led, without design or premeditation on the part of any concerned, to a violent outbreak of opposition.

While we regard this as inevitable, we cannot proceed further without pausing to make some observations on its extreme danger.

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