Indeed. Newspapers felt like hit pieces then, too; many of the printers were radicals and the readership wasn’t mild and broad like today.
Some of Luther’s writing (good English translations, anyway) still feel electric. Even his Small Catechism, which is written simply and was legitimately intended for daily use in the home, contains self-examinations and positive formulations of the ten commandments which imply faithlessness on the part of bishops.
Some of Luther’s writing (good English translations, anyway) still feel electric. Even his Small Catechism, which is written simply and was legitimately intended for daily use in the home, contains self-examinations and positive formulations of the ten commandments which imply faithlessness on the part of bishops.