Luther's Works, Volume 39: Church and Ministry I - Hardcover

Gritsch, Eric W.; Luther, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800603397 ISBN 13: 9780800603397

Publisher: Fortress Press, 1970

Synopsis

This volume includes two writings dealing with the plight of the common person who Luther felt had become a victim of the ecclesiastical establishment. These are followed by treatises taken from Luther's literary feud with three staunch supporters of Rome: Augustine Alveld, Jerome Emser [the "Leipzig goat"], and Albrecht of Mainz. The final treatise contains Luther's argument for congregational authority.

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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.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0800603397
• ISBN 13: 9780800603397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356