Luther’s Works, Volume 77
Overview
Few other books communicate the gospel to Luther’s contemporaries so powerfully as Luther’s Church Postil (sermons for the church year). Now for the first time, Luther’s authorized, final edition of the Church Postil is presented here in English. This volume provides Luther’s sermons on New Testament texts from Easter through Pentecost. In 1535, Luther wrote to a friend, “Concerning the [earlier version of the] postil, you have more respect for it than I do. I would like the whole book to be destroyed. And this is what I am doing: I am entrusting to Dr. Caspar Cruciger the work of reediting the whole into a new and better form, which would be of benefit to the whole church everywhere. He is the sort of man, unless love deceives me, who will correspond to Elisha, if I were Elijah (if one may compare small things with great), a man of peace and quiet, to whom I shall commend the church after [I depart]; Philip does this too.” Luther’s Works, American Edition, vol. 77 (Church Postil III) offers accurate and clear translation of Luther’s sermons on the chief biblical text for the seasons of Epiphany, Ascension, and Pentecost. It also includes the careful, explanatory introductions and footnotes that have become a hallmark of Luther’s Works: American Edition, and an index.
Top Highlights
“The first is God’s promise, which is the basis, power, and chief thing in every prayer.” (Page 252)
“In short, nothing that is in us or can be done by us makes us Christian. What does? Only that we know this man, entrust ourselves to Him, and regard Him as He wants to be regarded, namely, as the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep and knows them.” (Page 189)
“they were about to lose their dear Lord and because they would be left in such misery and distress” (Page 224)
- Title: Luther’s Works, Volume 77
- Author: Martin Luther
- Series: Luther’s Works
- Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History--16th century; Theology › Early works to 1800; Lutheran Church
- ISBNs: 9780758628183, 0758628188
- Resource ID: LLS:LW77
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-06T18:11:32Z
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.