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The Reformer had lectured on this Epistle of St. Paul's in 1519 and again in 1523. It was his favorite among all the Biblical books. In his table talks the saying is recorded: "The Epistle to the Galatians is my epistle. To it I am as it were in wedlock. It is my Katherine." Much later when a friend of his was preparing an edition of all his Latin works, he remarked to his home circle: "If I had my way about it they would republish only those of my books which have doctrine. My Galatians, for instance." The lectures which are preserved in the works herewith submitted to the American public were delivered in 1531. They were taken down by George Roerer, who held something of a deanship at Wittenberg University and who was one of Luther's aids in the translation of the Bible. Roerer took down Luther's lectures and this manuscript has been preserved to the present day, in a copy which contains also additions by Veit Dietrich and by Cruciger, friends of Roerer's, who with him attended Luther's lectures. In other words, these three men took down the lectures which Luther addressed to his students in the course of Galatians, and Roerer prepared the manuscript for the printer. A German translation by Justus Menius appeared in the Wittenberg Edition of Luther's writings, published in 1539. The importance of this Commentary on Galatians for the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the sinner for the sake of Christ's merits alone. (From the Preface)

Luther's commentary on Galatians is considered among the finest of all time. Abridged and stylistically adapted for today's readers his astounding work is part of the Crossway Classic Commentaries.

The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany, that started the Reformation, a schism in the Catholic Church which profoundly changed Europe. They advance Luther''s positions against what he saw as the abuse of the practice of clergy selling plenary indulgences, which were certificates believed to reduce the temporal punishment for sins committed by the purchasers or their loved ones in purgatory. In the Theses, Luther claimed that the repentance required by Christ in order for sins to be forgiven involves inner spiritual repentance rather than merely external sacramental confession. He argued that indulgences led Christians to avoid true repentance and sorrow for sin, believing that they could forgo it by purchasing an indulgence.

The Freedom of the Christian was Martin Luther''s first public defense of the doctrine of justification by grace through faith on account of Christ alone. Luther''s explosive rediscovery of the Gospel of Jesus Christ shattered the Church of Rome''s foundation of works, which considered good works a part of salvation instead of a result of it. Here, Luther constructed a rich theology that relies on the full power of the Gospel, which not only grants saving faith but also nurtures that faith through good works done in the freest service.  This new abridged translation from Adam Francisco, featuring a brief essay from Scott Keith, leaves no doubt that the Christian, secure in Christ, is truly free-free from sin, death, and the devil, and free to serve their neighbor.

Den 2. august 1527 ramte pesten Wittenberg. Imidlertid blev Luther i byen sammen med Bugenhagen for at tjene de syge og bange mennesker. I et åbent brev skriver Luther, hvordan man skal forholde sig ved sådanne epidemier. Også her gælder det store bud om næstekærlighed, der omfatter alle. På trods af fare fra sygdom og død er vi bundet af ansvaret for hinanden. Hvis ens nabo har brug for hjælp er vi forpligtet til at blive og hjælpe, medmindre der er nogen anden, der kan indtage ens plads i pleje af de syge. Ellers skal man så vidt muligt undgå smittefaren og ikke udsætte sig selv for smitte. Luther advarer mod overmodighed, der foragter almindelige forholdsregler mod smitte, og således frister Gud, som har skabt medicin og givet os forstand til at pleje vores helbred. Desuden bringer denne hensynsløshed andre i fare, som man kommer i kontakt med.

Frontmatter -- Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum. 1517 -- Ein Sermon von Ablass und Gnade. 1518 -- Ein Sermon von Ablass -- Zeugnisse evangelischer Kirchenhistoriker über die Bonner Lutherausgabe -- Aus Rezensionen über die Bonner Lutherausgabe -- Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnis zu Band I-IV der Bonner Lutherausgabe -- Aus Kleine Texte für Vorlesungen und Übungen -- Kritiken über Handschriften der Reformationszeit

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Von Kaufshandlung und Wucher. 1524 -- Ermahnung zum Frieden auf die zwölf Artikel der Bauernschaft in Schwaben. 1525 -- Wider die räuberischen und mörderischen Rotten der Bauern. 1525 -- Ein Sendbrief von dem harten Büchlein wider die Bauern. 1525 -- De servo arbitrio. 1526 -- Deutsche Messe. 152 -- Das Taufbüchlein aufs neue zugerichtet. 1526 -- Ob Kriegsleute auch in seligem Stande sein können. 1526 -- Vorn Abendmahl Christi, Bekenntnis. 1528 -- Parallelenregister

Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Vorwort -- Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum. 1517 -- Bin Sermon von Ablass und Gnade. 1518 -- Resolutiones disputationnm de indnlgentiarum virtute. 1518 -- Unterricht auf etlich Artikel, die ihm von seinen Abgönnern aufgelegt und zugemessen werden. 1519 -- Bin Sermon von der Betrachtung des heiligen Leidens Christi. 1519 -- Bin Sermon von der Betrachtung des heiligen Leidens Christi. 1519 -- Bin Sermon von dem Sakrament der Busse. 1519 -- Bin Sermon von dem heiligen hoch würdigen Sakrament der Taufe. 1519 -- Bin Sermon von dem hoch würdigen Sakrament des heiligen wahren Leichnams Christi und von den Bruderschaften. 1519 -- Bin Sermon von dem Bann. 1520 -- Von den guten Werken. 1520 -- Bin Sermon von dem nenen Testament, d. L von der heiligen Messe. 1520 -- Von dem Papsttum zu Rom wider der hochberühmten Romanisten zu Leipzig. 1520 -- An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation von des christlichen Standes Besserung. 1520 -- De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium. 1520

Selections From The Table Talk Of Martin Luther: Translated By Captain Henry Bell; Edited By Henry MorleyThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Martin Luther is known for inspiring the German Protestant Reformation in 1517 and giving birth to Protestantism. Beyond mere theology, Luther also frequently wrote about the economic conditions in which he lived, often criticizing the conditions the budding medieval money economy created for his less-fortunate contemporaries. This Exhortation of 1540 confirms Luther's keen understanding of the interplay between economic choice and its necessities far exceeding the limited grasp of the economy many will admit for a "mere monk". In reaction to an inactive government, Luther urges clergy to confront exploitive lenders (the usurers). Should these "devils in human shape" refuse to repent, Luther urges pastors to practically excommunicate unrepentant usurers. Luther's pastoral view on economy strikes us moderns as utterly naïve, but arguably this is precisely what's missing from our contemporary discourse of a more just economy. For discounts and more visit us at www.LutherBibleStudies.com!