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Written in 1525 in response to the writings of Erasmus, "The Bondage of the Will" conveys Luther's beliefs on the issue of free will during the Protestant Reformation. Because of the fall of man, he debates with Erasmus on whether or not human beings are free to decide on good or evil. He asserts in this well written and uniquely styled work that we are incapacitated by sin, and human beings must rely on the complete sovereignty of God to redeem us...
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Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings has become the gold standard for use in seminary and college environments. It not only offers all of Luther's most influential, noted, and important writings in the modern translations but also includes excerpts of his sermons and letters that shed light on Luther's own religious and theological development. The volume takes the reader straight to Luther the man, to his controversial Reformation insights,...
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Timothy J. Wengert skillfully provides a clear understanding of the historical context from which the treatise The Freedom of a Christian and his accompanying Letter to Pope Leo X arose. As controversy concerning his writings grew, Luther was, instructed to write a reconciliation-minded letter to Pope Leo X (1475-1521). To this letter, he appended a nonpolemical tract describing the heart of his beliefs, The Freedom of a Christian. Luther's Latin...
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In autumn 1525, Luther wrote The Bondage of the Will as, a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam's On Free Will.
Luther's treatise is important on four accounts: First, Luther wanted to show his own humanist education. Second, against Erasmus, who had maintained that the question of free will could not be, decided just on the basis of the Bible, Luther stressed the clarity imbedded in Scripture. Third, Luther stressed, that his...
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With great clarity and insight, James M. Estes illuminates Luther's call to secular authorities to help with the reform of the church in this important 1520 treatise. Starting with the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, Luther's appeals for reform had been, addressed to the ecclesiastical hierarchy, whose divinely imposed responsibility for such things he took for granted. By the early months of 1520, however, Luther had come to the conclusion, that nothing...
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In sermons and pamphlets, Luther and his colleagues claimed that salvation came by faith alone and not by works. Although, the better-known pamphlets of 1520-To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Improvement of the Christian Estate, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and The Freedom of a Christian, would also appear, Timothy J. Wengert shows, how Luther's Treatise on Good Works fulfilled Luther's own prediction, that it...
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This volume (volume 5) features Luther's writings that intersect church and state, faith and life lived as a follower of Christ. His insights regarding marriage, trade, public education, war and are articulated. His theological and biblical insights also colored the way he spoke of the "Jews" and Turks, as well his admonition to the German peasants in their uprisings against the established powers.
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With great, detail, Kirsi I. Stjerna introduces and annotates Luther's Large Catechism, which the reformer offered as a radical reorientation in the matters of theology and spirituality. After diagnosing what appeared to him as his church's failures to provide proper spiritual care, Luther set out to offer a new compass for religious life. The sweeping reforms he proposed took root primarily through preaching and education as people embraced the new...
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Get to know the theologian and religious thinker whose radical reinvention of the Christian faith sparked the Protestant Reformation. In A Treatise on Good Works, Martin Luther expounds on his contention that although Christlike behavior is important, believers are redeemed ultimately through God's grace. This primer is a great way to deepen your understanding of the Christian faith and its turbulent theological history. As part of our mission to...
10) 95 Theses
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The sixteenth-century document that changed the course of Christianity.
Monk and theology professor Martin Luther found himself in disagreement with the Roman Catholic Church on the subject of indulgences-certificates sold by the Church that promised to spare their owners from punishment for their sins. With his 95 Theses, Luther proposed a debate on the subject, but ultimately, he was excommunicated and the Protestant Reformation began.
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In his The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther set forth a reconsideration of the sacramental Christian life that centered on the word. His thesis is that the papacy had distorted the sacraments with its own traditions and regulations, transforming them into a system of control and coercion. The evangelical liberty of the sacramental promises had been, replaced by a papal absolutism, which like a feudal lordship, and claimed its own...
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Comment Luther, père de la Réforme, voyait-il Marie ?
Écrit à une des époques les plus tourmentées de la vie de Luther, ce commentaire du Magnificat (paroles de Marie à sa cousine Élisabeth) est précieux à plusieurs titres. Il permet d'abord une initiation globale et pourtant profonde à la vie et à la pensée du réformateur. Luther se situe dans ce texte non seulement par rapport à la mariologie de son époque mais aussi par rapport...
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