In times when Christians call for war, being a peacemaker can seem like heresy.

For eight days in Lent (6 March 1522), beginning on Invocavit Sunday, 9 March, Luther preached eight sermons, which became known as the Invocavit Sermons . In these sermons, he hammered home the primacy of core Christian values such as love, patience, charity, and freedom, and reminded the citizens to trust God s word rather than violence [ ]