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Luther Was Not a Monk



The decid­edly urban char­ac­ter of Erfurt meant another impor­tant thing for our story: the pres­ence of fri­ars. Luther was not a monk, prop­erly speak­ing, but a friar or bet­ter a her­mit of Saint Augus­tine. He’s respon­si­ble for this error, as … Con­tinue read­ing →