Luther's Works, Volume 51: Sermons 1 - Hardcover

Doberstein, John W.; Luther, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800603516 ISBN 13: 9780800603519

Publisher: Fortress Press, 1959

Synopsis

This volume contains a selection of forty- three sermons arranged in chronological order. Beginning with what may be Luther's earliest extant sermon and ending with the last he delivered before his death, this collection of sermons can give the reader a glimpse into the Reformer's development as a preacher. The forty-three sermons in this volume represent but a fragment of Luther's total output. Even the two thousand sermons or more contained in the Weimar Edition of Luther's writings do not include all of Luther's sermons.

About this title

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: 1959
• ISBN 10: 0800603516
• ISBN 13: 9780800603519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 428