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Chapter 7 143Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lutzen, 1594 – 1632 #35 ProtestantKing of Sweden, 1611 - 1632 Known as “the Snow King” and “the Lion of theNorth,” this greatest of Lutherans was the hero of the Thirty Years’ Warbrought upon Europe by the Sons of Loyola. On his knees, upon enteringthis, his last battle, he prayed, “O Lord Jesus Christ, bless our arms and thisday’s battle for the glory of Thy Holy Name!” Here, he is dying, giving hislast full measure for Protestant liberty declaring to his killers, “I am the Kingof Sweden, and thus I seal with my blood the religion and liberties ofGermany.” Our hero’s modest life and noble death furthered theReformation that brought about “The Modern Era” with the Treaty ofWestphalia in 1648. The Counter-Reformation in Europe, Arthur R. Pennington,(London: Elliot Stock, 1899) pp. 263, 273.Ridpath’s Universal History, John Clark Ridpath, (New York: Merrill & Baker,1901) Vol. XIII, p. 335.The Jesuits – 1618 - 1648