Das dreibandige Werk bietet mehr als dreissig grundlegende Texte des Reformators in thematischer Gliederung: Band I - Der Mensch vor Gott, Band II - Christusglaube und Rechtfertigung, Band III - Kirche und Amter. Die lateinischen Vorlagen der Ausgabe gehen auf die Erstdrucke und die bei der Evangelischen Verlagsanstalt erschienene Martin Luther-Studienausgabezuruck. Samtliche Ubersetzungen wurden neu angefertigt - darunter auch die der Assertio und von De servo arbitrio. Das preisgunstige Werk soll es vor allem den Studierenden angesichtszuruckgegangener Lateinkenntnisse ermoglichen, den Reformator mit Hilfezuverlassiger und verstandlicher Ubersetzungen zu lesen und gleichzeitig die Ubersetzungen anhand der Ursprache zu uberprufen. Die Gliederung sowie der Anstoss zum Gesamtprojekt gehen auf den Heidelberger Systematiker Wilfried Harle zuruck, der in den beiden Kirchenhistorikern Johannes Schilling, Kiel, und Gunther Wartenberg, Leipzig, ausgezeichnete Mitherausgeber gefunden hat. AufrissBand I: Der Mensch vor Gott (verantwortl. Hrsg.: Wilfried Harle) Quaestio de viribus. hominis sine gratia, 1516 Disp. contra scholasticam theologiam, 1517 Disp. Heidelbergae habita, 1518 Assertio omnium articulorum, 1520 De servo arbitrio, 1525 Disputatio de homine, 1536
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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