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==Martin Luther's opposition==

==Martin Luther's opposition==

[[Martin Luther|Luther's]] opposition to Schenk became so server that [[Martin Luther|Luther]] considered Schenk more dangerous to [[Protestantism]] than all the errors, [[Inquisition|inquisitions]], and the armies of the papacy manifest in the European Crusades.  Using the nickname of '''Jeckel'',<ref>Editor's note: "Jeckel" is identified in scholarly annotations as a nickname used by Luther for [[Jakob Schenk]] (also known as James Schenk), a Lutheran preacher involved in theological disputes over [[antinomianism]], a view that the moral law was no longer binding upon the Christian, a view [[Martin Luther]] equated as more dangerous than the [[Iron Maiden]], the martyr's pyre or any other action of the Pope could invent.<br>See Preserved Smith and Herbert Percival Gallinger, eds., ''Conversations with Luther'' (1915), editorial note on "Jeckel and Grickel."</ref> scholars believe [[Martin Luther|Luther]] denounced Schenk declaring in ''[[Table Talk (Luther)|Table Talk]]'' [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 24#691|"That which the pope does against us is nothing to compare with that which ''Jeckel'' and others do, to our sorrow of heart."]]<ref>[[Martin Luther|Luther, Martin]], ''[[Table Talk (Luther)|Table Talk]], [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 24#691|24.691]]</ref>

[[Martin Luther|Luther's]] opposition to Schenk became so server that [[Martin Luther|Luther]] considered Schenk more dangerous to [[Protestantism]] than all the errors, [[Inquisition|inquisitions]], and the armies of the papacy manifest in the European Crusades.  Using the nickname of '''Jeckel''',<ref>Editor's note: "Jeckel" is identified in scholarly annotations as a nickname used by Luther for [[Jakob Schenk]] (also known as James Schenk), a Lutheran preacher involved in theological disputes over [[antinomianism]], a view that the moral law was no longer binding upon the Christian, a view [[Martin Luther]] equated as more dangerous than the [[Iron Maiden]], the martyr's pyre or any other action of the Pope could invent.<br>See Preserved Smith and Herbert Percival Gallinger, eds., ''Conversations with Luther'' (1915), editorial note on "Jeckel and Grickel."</ref> scholars believe [[Martin Luther|Luther]] denounced Schenk declaring in ''[[Table Talk (Luther)|Table Talk]]'' [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 24#691|"That which the pope does against us is nothing to compare with that which '''Jeckel''' and others do, to our sorrow of heart."]]<ref>[[Martin Luther|Luther, Martin]], ''[[Table Talk (Luther)|Table Talk]], [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 24#691|24.691]]</ref>

This conflict reflected [[Martin Luther|Luther's]] concern that the doctrine that the 'Moral Law' / the Law of God was not binding upon the Christian, was so serious that both the [[Protestant]] movement and [[the Reformation]] was in dire peril as he believed it undermined the very need for the Gospel itself. [[Martin Luther|Luther]] believed that the rejection or improper treatment of God's law threatened the distinction between the law, which exposes sin, and the Gospel, which proclaims forgiveness through [[Jesus Christ]].

This conflict reflected [[Martin Luther|Luther's]] concern that the doctrine that the 'Moral Law' / the Law of God was not binding upon the Christian, was so serious that both the [[Protestant]] movement and [[the Reformation]] was in dire peril as he believed it undermined the very need for the Gospel itself. [[Martin Luther|Luther]] believed that the rejection or improper treatment of God's law threatened the distinction between the law, which exposes sin, and the Gospel, which proclaims forgiveness through [[Jesus Christ]].