试论马丁·路德与德国农民战争

Martin Luther and the German Peasant War

马丁·路德对待德国农民战争的态度,仅表明他强烈反对农民战争,而不能证明他背叛了农民战争或宗教改革,因为马丁·路德从未支持或参与农民战争,也从未停止与罗马教会的斗争。马丁·路德反对民众自发的暴力活动,主要原因在于他从来没有把普通民众视为宗教改革运动的依靠力量。在马丁·路德看来,农民即使有可能取得暂时的胜利,并杀死所有的王公贵胄,但他们的肉体和灵魂终将受到重创,他们必将一败涂地。马丁·路德始终强烈主张德国各级封建主应该,也必须动用手中的暴力手段,以对抗罗马天主教会和镇压起义农民。

Martin Luther strongly struck the Peasants＇ War. It doesn＇t mean that he was a defector of the Peasants＇War, because he was against the people＇s violence and the Peasants＇War from beginning to end. And he never took part in the Peasants＇War. In Martin Luther＇s opinion even though the peasants might win for a while and even kill all the princes, they would suffer the eternal loss of their body and soul in the end, they would be defeated.