Martin Luther: The Man and His Mind (Robert Kolb)
"One of his monastic fathers counseled him to look to the blood of Christ. The head of his order for Germany, his good friend in the Augustinian brotherhood, Johann von Staupitz, assured him that God had chosen him unconditionally and washed his sins away in Christ's blood. But it took a long time for this message to sink in."
"...he struggled with his own depression over his alienation from God. With great energy he threw himself into the study of the texts..."
