It’s amazing how much one can learn of Martin Luther’s state of mind—simply because of the prodigious output from his prolific pen, because in every sense of the word his writings went “viral.” Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of movable type and the printing press (seventy years before Luther) forever changed the human playing field.

Read more at the source: Why Was Luther So Sick?

Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from The Fourth Watch.