Luther's true face

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Luther's true face. Who is Luther really? Is there a true Luther behind the caricature? That is Fr. Gleize’s question. He asks it very clearly and gives the reader a full taste of the answer and its developments.

In his Triumphant Way (Voie Triomphale), Canon Egret begins by describing Luther seated at the altar as before the table of an inn, holding the chalice like a glass, drinking, laughing and shouting. Such is the typical caricature of the monk Martin Luther. But the rest is more realistic: There is something of Rabelais in him. But his cheer does not last, it quickly peters out. Elusive ideas race through his head; unfathomable anguish harasses him. His joy turns to fury. His pr