The Christian in Society, Vol. 2 (Luther's Works, Vol. 45) - Hardcover

Brandt, Walther I.; Luther, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800603451 ISBN 13: 9780800603458

Publisher: Fortress Press, 1962

Synopsis

In the eleven treatises comprising this volume, it is of extraordinary interest to note how the foremost exponent of evangelical ethics interprets the dictates of love in the concrete circumstances of his time. A Christian's behavior is determined more by the situation in which he finds himself than by any fixed and final ethical formulations or codes of moral conduct.

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About the Author:

Martin Luther (1483, 1546) was a German monk, a theologian and church reformer, he is considered to be the founder of Protestantism. Luther was a professor of Bible at the University of Wittenberg when he posted his famous 95 Theses (1517). In addition to writing many books, Luther translated the Bible into German. Luther believed that salvation was only by faith in Jesus, unmediated by the church. He challenged papal authority by emphasing the Bible as the only source of religious authority and believed the church to be a priesthood of all believers.These ideas helped to inspire the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization. He married Katharina von Bora thus initiating the practice of clerical marriage within Protestantism.- Publisher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0800603451
• ISBN 13: 9780800603458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 444