Excerpt from The Inglenook, Vol. 13 While the Roman pontiff slumbered' in security at the head of the church, and while the worthy and pious professors of genuine Christianity almost despaired of seeing the Reformation, an obscure person - Martin Luther - was rising to prominence, He opposed, with undaunted resolution, the torrent of papal ambition and despotism. He was certainly a remarkable man. He became the central figure in the Reformation. He was the man God prepared for the place. His work prevented great disturbance that might have resulted from the latent skepticism that arose With the Renais sance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.