Luther’s Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, Volume II (1521–1530)
Overview
This volume presents correspondences by Martin Luther and several participants and eye-witnesses during the Reformation. Among the writers are the popes Leo X and Adrian VI, emperors Maximillian and Charles V, humanists, and reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon.
- Title: Luther’s Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, Volume II (1521–1530)
- Author: Martin Luther
- Volume: II
- Publisher: Lutheran Publication Society
- Print Publication Date: 1918
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 › Correspondence; Reformation › Germany--Sources; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
- Resource ID: LLS:LTHRS1521153002
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-14T02:26:55Z
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.