THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LUTHER brings together some of the most well-known and important works of Martin Luther. The famous Reformer and his writings have helped to shape history as we know it, yet for many years his writings have been out-of-print or just too expensive. Our goal is to change that by making classics available and affordable for anyone, anywhere!
This massive collection includes 35 of his works, is spell-checked, edited and contains an Active Table-of-Contents to help navigate this mini-library!
1. LIFE OF LUTHER – by Gustav Just (1903)
--- General Writings ---
2. THE NINETY-FIVE THESES (1517)
3. A TREATISE ON THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (1519)
4. A DISCUSSION OF CONFESSION (1520)
5. THE FOURTEEN OF CONSOLATION (1520)
6. A TREATISE ON GOOD WORKS (1520)
7. A TREATISE ON THE NEW TESTAMENT (1520)
8. THE PAPACY AT ROME (1520)
9. A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (1519)
10. A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BAN (1520)
11. A PRELUDE ON THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH (1520)
12. A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE CREED, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER (1520)
13. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN NOBILITY (1520)
14. CONCERNING CHRISTIAN LIBERTY (1520)
15. THE EIGHT WITTENBERG SERMONS (1522)
16. THAT DOCTRINES OF MEN ARE TO BE REJECTED (1522)
17. PREFACE TO THE LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS (1522)
18. LETTER TO SEVERAL NUNS (1524)
19. THE BONDAGE OF THE WILL (1525)
20. THE GERMAN MASS AND ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE (1526)
21. THE SMALL CATECHISM (1529)
22. THE LARGE CATECHISM (1530)
23. AN OPEN LETTER ON TRANSLATING (1530)
24. THE SMALCALD ARTICLES (1537)
25. DISPUTATION ON THE DIVINITY AND HUMANITY OF CHRIST (1540)
26. THE TWOFOLD USE OF THE LAW & GOSPEL
27. SELECTIONS FROM THE TABLE TALK OF MARTIN LUTHER
28. LETTERS OF MARTIN LUTHER
--- Sermons ---
29. SERMON ON THE METHOD AND FRUITS OF JUSTIFICATION
30. LUTHER'S EPISTLE SERMONS: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
31. LUTHER'S EPISTLE SERMONS: Epiphany, Easter And Pentecost
32. LUTHER'S EPISTLE SERMONS: Trinity Sunday To Advent.
--- Commentaries ---
33. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLES OF ST. PETER AND ST. JUDE (1524)
34. COMMENTARY ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (1532)
35. COMMENTARY ON SAINT PAUL’S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS (1535)
36. COMMENTARY ON GENESIS, Vol. 2
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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