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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Luther |
 | | The "gospel", he now sees, "cannot be introduced without tumult, scandal, and rebellion"; "the word of God is a sword, a war, a destruction, a scandal, a ruin, a poison" (De Wette, op.cit., I, 417). |
 | | It formally condemned forty-one propositions drawn from his writings, ordered the destruction of the books containing the errors, and summoned Luther himself to recant within sixty days or receive the full penalty of ecclesiastical punishment. |
 | | It consists of an introduction, or preamble, and is in two parts. |
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