Luther's Works, Volume 14 (Selected Psalms III) (Luther's Works (Concordia)) - Hardcover

Luther, Dr Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0570064147 ISBN 13: 9780570064145

Publisher: Concordia Publishing House, 1958

Synopsis

Luther's Works: The American Edition, published by Concordia and Fortress Press between 1955 and 1986, comprises fifty-five volumes. These are a selection representing only about a third of Luther's works in the Latin and German of the standard Weimar Edition, not including the German Bible.

The commentaries contained in this volume show conclusively that Luther achieved great things in the field of Biblical scholarship. Luther's language is simple and always to the point. He curries to no one's favor as he goes to the heart of the sixteen psalms expounded in this volume. His attention to the texts is ''personal, devotional, political, exegetical, polemical--all at the same time,'' writes Jaroslav Pelikan. His commentaries contain many references and allusions to errors and false practices prevalent in his time, but after the lapse of more than four centuries the commentaries still have the quality of timelessness. Both clergy and laity will profit much--spiritually as well as intellectually--from Luther's incisive and straightforward words.

This third volume contains lectures on selected Psalms.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Publication date: 1958
• ISBN 10: 0570064147
• ISBN 13: 9780570064145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368