On Christian Liberty
Overview
This timeless little classic communicates essential teachings of Martin Luther. The subject of freedom is both timely and poignantly relevant today. For the Christian, this freedom is liberty from sin and death, and the opportunity to serve one’s neighbor. Written in a simple style, On Christian Liberty conveys significant spiritual insight into the grace of God and liberating faith in Christ Jesus. It is counter-cultural and down-to-earth for today’s reader.
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Key Features
- Essential teachings of Martin Luther
- An open letter to Pope Leo X
- Significant spiritual insight
Product Details
- Title: On Christian Liberty
- Author: Martin Luther
- Translator: W. A. Lambert
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 112
About Martin Luther
Martin Luther (1483–1546) stands as one of the most significant figures in Western history. His distinction as the father of the Protestant Reformation is augmented by his innovative use of new technology (the printing press), his translation of the Christian Bible into the vernacular, and his impact upon European society. Born to middle-class parents in Saxony, eastern Germany, he became an Augustinian monk, a priest, a professor of biblical literature, a reformer, a husband and father. He died in 1546 after having witnessed the birth of a renewal movement that would result in a profound shift in faith, politics, and society. He has been both praised and vilified for what he preached and wrote. His thought continues to influence all Christians and to animate the movement that bears his name.
Top Highlights
“The third incomparable benefit of faith is that it unites the soul with Christ as a bride is united with her bridegroom.” (Page 18)
“Let us then consider it certain and firmly established that the soul can do without anything except the Word of God and that where the Word of God is missing there is no help at all for the soul.” (Page 6)
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification is acquired by works.” (Page 65)
“ the promises of God belong to the New Testament. Indeed, they are the New Testament.” (Page 13)
“Although we are all equally priests, we cannot all publicly minister and teach.” (Pages 29–30)
- Title: On Christian Liberty
- Author: Martin Luther
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2003
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Liberty › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9780800636074, 0800636074
- Resource ID: LLS:ONCHRISTIANLIB
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:03:06Z
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.
