Luther’s Primary Works: Together with His Shorter and Larger Catechism
Overview
The works selected for this volume were chosen to introduce the reader to the principles that started the Reformation. The larger catechism, in particular, lays out the foundational tenets of Martin Luther’s theology. Luther’s Primary Works includes Concerning Christian Liberty, The 95 Theses, and more.
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Top Highlights
“A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.” (Page 256)
“God’s kingdom comes, indeed, of itself, without our prayer, but we ask in this prayer that it may also come to us.” (Page 11)
“Whatever, then, thy heart clings to (I say), and relies upon, that is properly thy God.” (Page 34)
“these words include both an angry threat and a gracious promise” (Page 91)
“ have learnt well enough how they may abuse their liberty” (Page 1)
- Title: Luther’s Primary Works: Together with His Shorter and Larger Catechisms
- Author: Martin Luther
- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
- Print Publication Date: 1896
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 › Translations into English; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History
- Resource ID: LLS:LTHRSPRMCTCHSMS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:26:42Z
Martin Luther (1483–1546), one of the most significant figures in Western history, was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation. Over the course of his life, Luther was a monk, a priest, a professor of biblical literature, a Reformer, a husband, and a father.
Luther is most noted for his Ninety-Five Theses (1517), in which he argued that indulgences were not acts of penance which could replace true repentance. His refusal to retract all his writings, demanded by Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521, resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.
Luther has been both praised and vilified for what he preached and wrote. Luther’s translation of the Christian Bible into the vernacular greatly influenced the church. His works continue to impact all Christians and animate the movement that bears his name. Luther’s Works (55 vols.) contains many of Luther’s writings, including commentaries, sermons, and lectures.