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Fire in the City

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A portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546)
This programme recently won the 1983 Sandford St Martin Open Radio Award Martin Luther saw the corruption in the Church as a fire destroying the city of Christ, but for Pope Leo X Martin Luther was a 'son of Iniquity hurling himself upon the church of God'.
Robert Foxcroft has been to Martin Luther's Germany and with the aid of Luther's writings, traces the life of the friar of Wittenberg. with Joss Ackland as Martin Luther
Research RACHEL VINEY Producer HUGH FAUPEL
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Research Rachel Viney
Source: Radio Times

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