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Letters, theological writings, and recorded sermons, lectures, and conversations of Martin Luther.

Subcategories

• Commentary on Galatians
• Ninety-Five Theses
• Smalcald Articles
• Small Catechism

Resources in This Category

• A Treatise on Good Works

  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/ATreatiseonGoodWorks/toc.html
  In HTML, in chapter sections, at World Wide School. [allows large print viewing even on crippled browsers.]

• Address to the Christian Nobility

  http://history.hanover.edu/texts/luthad.html
  Essay from 1520 teaches that all believers are in the spiritual estate, clergy are not the masters of Scripture, and Pope is not master of the Church if he contradicts the Bible.

• An Open Letter on Translating

  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/AnOpenLetteronTranslating/toc.html
  Written to his adversaries concerning their comments on his translation of the Bible into German.

• Concerning Christian Liberty

  http://www.bartleby.com/36/6/
  Searchable treatise on his religious beliefs, including free will, with a cogent critique of the Catholic church and prefatory letter to Pope Leo X.

• Concerning Christian Liberty

  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/ConcerningChristianLiberty/toc.html
  R.S. Grignon translation of the essay in HTML. Includes internal search engine.

• Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences

  http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/DisputationofDoctorMartinLuther/toc.html
  Latin with English translation by Spaeth et al. in HTML. Includes internal search engine.

• Large Catechism

  http://www.ccel.org/l/luther/large_cat/large_catechism.htm
  Complete text of the Bente and Dau translation from the Concordia Triglotta. Linked index to five major divisions plus individual Commandments, articles, and petitions. Links to other formats, including RTF.

• Letter to John Staupitz

  http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/nine5-staupitz.txt
  English translation of message sent to his Augustinian supervisor concerning the posting and aftermath of the 95 Theses.

• Letter to the Archbishop of Mainz, 1517

  http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/source/lutherltr-indulgences.asp
  Entreaty by Martin Luther concerning the sale of indulgences. Shows his stage of theological development through his arguments.

• Mark V Publications Home Page

  http://markvpublications.com/
  Original translations from Luther from snippets of devotional materials published in German in the 19th century and from the Festival Sermon collections from Luther's Church Postils translated from a 1584 manuscript.

• On the Freedom of a Christian

  http://www.projectwittenberg.org/etext/luther/freedom/
  R.S. Grignon translation (Harvard Classics edition). Available in plain text and HTML.

• The German Mass and Order of Divine Service

  http://history.hanover.edu/texts/luthserv.html
  The 1911 translation of the 1526 Deutsche Messe with preface from Luther telling why he wrote it, intended use, and various other rites and options for worship.

• The Table Talk of Martin Luther

  http://www.reformed.org/documents/Table_talk/table_talk.html
  English translation of the reformer's Colloquia Mensalia, or Divine Discourses at his Table by William Hazlitt, from the John Aurifaber collection of 1569.

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