Excerpt from D. Martin Luthers Dichtungen in Gebundener Rede: Mit den N�tigen Anmerkungen als eine Festgabe zum 31. Oktober 1892 f�r Alle Lutherfreunde
Der Dank, den ich verehrten und gelehrten M�nnern fur freundliche H�lfeleistung bei seinem Entstehen schulde und zolle, tritt an den betreffenden Stellen, hoffe ich, zur Gen�ge hervor. M�chten sie nun auch dies Buch als eine wirkliche Verbesserung des fr�her Gebotenen will kommen heil'sen k�nnen, obschon es selbst im besten Falle noch zu w�nschen �brig lassen wird und mul's! Ich habe mich bem�ht, �berall m�glichst auf den �ltesten d104 zur�ckzugeben und diesen in der ursprunglichen Sprach und Wortform, wenn auch zugleich in unsrer heutigen Rechtschreibung zu bieten. Nur ist durchg�ngig, anfser wo die R�cksicht auf den Reim es wehrte, das 11 und o der alten Form durch � und � ersetzt worden (als in s�fse, S�nde, Th�r, f�r, W�rger, erl�sen, Bl�dig keit u. S. W. F�r sul'se, Sunde u. S. Ebenso habe ich Kyrieleis, das sich hier und da fand, stets mit Kyrieleis vertauscht. Wo die �berschriften der einzelnen Stucke nicht aus Luthers Zeit und von Luther selbst stammen, sondern von mir dem Inhalte gem�l's gegeben sind, wird das nicht schwer zu erkennen sein, ebenso, dafs E. A. �berall die Erlanger Ausgabe der Werke Luthers be deuten soll, neben der an Lutherausgaben in der Haupt sache nur noch die neue Weimarer Ausgabe, soweit sie vorliegt, zur Benutzung gekommen ist.
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Martin Luther changed the course of Western civilization by initiating the Protestant Reformation. As a priest and theology professor, he confronted indulgence salesmen with his 95 Theses in 1517. Luther strongly disputed their claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms meeting in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.
Luther taught that salvation is a free gift of God and received only by grace through faith in Jesus as redeemer from sin, not from good works. His theology challenged the authority of the pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood.
His translation of the Bible into the language of the people (instead of Latin) made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation into English of the King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of singing in churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry.
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