2-660-657 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Martin Luther 1483-1546'. 1934. Martin Luther (1483-1546), German theologian, Augustinian monk, and ecclesiastical reformer. Luther was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521 and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms. Under the protection of the Elector of Saxony, Luther produced a German translation of the Bible, and he went on to found the Lutheran Protestant Church. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]