[Sidenote: Popular pamphlets] Those of the years immediately following the Diet of Worms reveal the first enthusiasm of the people for the "gospel." The greater part of the broadsides produced are concerned with the leader and his doctrines.

The comparison of him to Huss was a favorite one.

One pamphleteer, at least, drew the parallel between his trial at Worms and that of Christ before Pilate.

The whole bent of men's minds was theological.
Doctrines which now seem a little quaint and trite were argued with new fervor by each writer.

The destruction of images, the question of the real presence in the sacrament, justification by faith, and free will were disputed.