disputation

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It was only the famous Leipsic Disputation between him and Dr. John Eck that showed him the remoter and deeper relations of his position touching indulgences.

From Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties by Seiss, Joseph A.

The fertile intellect of the Greeks produced the first systematic guides to high culture; the Rhetorical art for Oratory and Poetry, the Logical art for Reasoning, and the Eristic art for Disputation.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

This appears from their Disputation of 1536 on the question: "Whether this proposition is true: The righteousness of works is necessary to salvation."

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Since the Disputation of Leipzig he was the most conspicuously popular man in Germany.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

At the Leipzig Disputation, earlier in the same year, Luther was seen to hold a bouquet of flowers in his hand, and to smell of it when the battle waxed hot.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin