This
debate was held in Leipzig, Germany June 27-July 5, 1519. Disputants were
Johann Eck, a scholarly debater of the Christian faith, against Andreas
Karlstadt, a German Protestant reformer and Martin Luther. Various aspects of Catholicism
were debated but the two main ones were indulgences and the office of the Pope.
This book contains a record of the debate, but it is more than that. It is also
a history of much of Luther’s journey out of Catholicism.
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pages