Works of Martin Luther (eBook)

Martin Luther (Autor)

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2018
999 Seiten
Seltzer Books (Verlag)
978-1-4553-9379-4 (ISBN)

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This file includes: 95 Theses, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, Disputation on the Divinity and Humanity of Christ, Hymns of Martin Luther, The Large Catechism, Open Letter on Translating, Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther, The SmalcaldArticles, and Treatise on Good Works. According to Wikipedia: 'Martin Luther (10 November 1483 - 18 February 1546) was a German monk, theologian, university professor, Father of Protestantism, and church reformer whose ideas influenced the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization. Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by holding that the Bible is the only infallible source of religious authority and that all baptized Christians under Jesus are a universal priesthood. According to Luther, salvation is a gift of God, received only by true repentance and faith in Jesus as the Messiah, a faith given by God and unmediated by the church. At the Diet of Worms assembly over freedom of conscience in 1521, Luther's confrontation with the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his refusal to submit to the authority of the Emperor resulted in his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church and being declared an outlaw of the state as a consequence. His translation of the Bible into the vernacular of the people made the Scriptures more accessible to them, and had a tremendous political impact on the church and on German culture. It furthered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation of the English King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of congregational singing within Christianity.'

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This file includes: 95 Theses, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, Disputation on the Divinity and Humanity of Christ, Hymns of Martin Luther, The Large Catechism, Open Letter on Translating, Open Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther, The Smalcald Articles, and Treatise on Good Works. According to Wikipedia: "e;Martin Luther (10 November 1483 - 18 February 1546) was a German monk, theologian, university professor, Father of Protestantism, and church reformer whose ideas influenced the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization. Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by holding that the Bible is the only infallible source of religious authority and that all baptized Christians under Jesus are a universal priesthood. According to Luther, salvation is a gift of God, received only by true repentance and faith in Jesus as the Messiah, a faith given by God and unmediated by the church. At the Diet of Worms assembly over freedom of conscience in 1521, Luther's confrontation with the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his refusal to submit to the authority of the Emperor resulted in his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church and being declared an outlaw of the state as a consequence. His translation of the Bible into the vernacular of the people made the Scriptures more accessible to them, and had a tremendous political impact on the church and on German culture. It furthered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation of the English King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of congregational singing within Christianity."e;

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MARTIN LUTHER'S 95 THESES

 

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther, 1517

 

Published in:

Works of Martin Luther

Adolph Spaeth, L.D. Reed, Henry Eyster Jacobs, et Al., Trans. & Eds.

(Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1915), Vol. 1, pp. 29-38.

 

DISPUTATION OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER

ON THE POWER AND EFFICACY OF

INDULGENCES

 

OCTOBER 31, 1517

 

Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light,  the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg,  under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther,  Master of Arts and of Sacred Theology, and Lecturer in  Ordinary on the same at that place. Wherefore he requests that  those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us,  may do so by letter. 

 

In the Name our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

 

1. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said Poenitentiam  agite, willed that the whole life of believers should be  repentance. 

 

2. This word cannot be understood to mean sacramental penance,  i.e., confession and satisfaction, which is administered by  the priests. 

 

3. Yet it means not inward repentance only; nay, there is no  inward repentance which does not outwardly work divers  mortifications of the flesh. 

 

4. The penalty [of sin], therefore, continues so long as  hatred of self continues; for this is the true inward  repentance, and continues until our entrance into the kingdom  of heaven.

 

5. The pope does not intend to remit, and cannot remit any  penalties other than those which he has imposed either by his  own authority or by that of the Canons.

 

6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that  it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God's  remission; though, to be sure, he may grant remission in cases  reserved to his judgment. If his right to grant remission in  such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely  unforgiven. 

 

7. God remits guilt to no one whom He does not, at the same  time, humble in all things and bring into subjection to His  vicar, the priest.   8. The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and,  according to them, nothing should be imposed on the dying. 

 

9. Therefore the Holy Spirit in the pope is kind to us,  because in his decrees he always makes exception of the  article of death and of necessity.

 

10. Ignorant and wicked are the doings of those priests who,  in the case of the dying, reserve canonical penances for  purgatory. 

 

11. This changing of the canonical penalty to the penalty of  purgatory is quite evidently one of the tares that were sown  while the bishops slept. 

 

12. In former times the canonical penalties were imposed not  after, but before absolution, as tests of true contrition. 

 

13. The dying are freed by death from all penalties; they are  already dead to canonical rules, and have a right to be  released from them.

 

14. The imperfect health [of soul], that is to say, the  imperfect love, of the dying brings with it, of necessity,  great fear; and the smaller the love, the greater is the fear. 

 

15. This fear and horror is sufficient of itself alone (to say  nothing of other things) to constitute the penalty of  purgatory, since it is very near to the horror of despair. 

 

16. Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ as do despair,  almost-despair, and the assurance of safety. 

 

17. With souls in purgatory it seems necessary that horror  should grow less and love increase. 

 

18. It seems unproved, either by reason or Scripture, that  they are outside the state of merit, that is to say, of  increasing love. 

 

19. Again, it seems unproved that they, or at least that all  of them, are certain or assured of their own blessedness,  though we may be quite certain of it. 

 

20. Therefore by "full remission of all penalties" the pope  means not actually "of all," but only of those imposed by  himself. 

 

21. Therefore those preachers of indulgences are in error, who  say that by the pope's indulgences a man is freed from every  penalty, and saved; 

 

22. Whereas he remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which,  according to the canons, they would have had to pay in this  life.   23. If it is at all possible to grant to any one the remission  of all penalties whatsoever, it is certain that this remission  can be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to the very  fewest. 

 

24. It must needs be, therefore, that the greater part of the  people are deceived by that indiscriminate and highsounding  promise of release from penalty. 

 

25. The power which the pope has, in a general way, over  purgatory, is just like the power which any bishop or curate  has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish. 

 

26. The pope does well when he grants remission to souls [in  purgatory], not by the power of the keys (which he does not  possess), but by way of intercession. 

 

27. They preach man who say that so soon as the penny jingles  into the money-box, the soul flies out [of purgatory].

 

28. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the  money-box, gain and avarice can be increased, but the result  of the intercession of the Church is in the power of God  alone. 

 

29. Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be  bought out of it, as in the legend of Sts. Severinus and  Paschal. 

 

30. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much  less that he has attained full remission. 

 

31. Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also  the man who truly buys indulgences, i.e., such men are most  rare. 

 

32. They will be condemned eternally, together with their  teachers, who believe themselves sure of their salvation  because they have letters of pardon.

 

33. Men must be on their guard against those who say that the  pope's pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man  is reconciled to Him; 

 

34. For these "graces of pardon" concern only the penalties of  sacramental satisfaction, and these are appointed by man.

 

35. They preach no Christian doctrine who teach that  contrition is not necessary in those who intend to buy souls  out of purgatory or to buy confessionalia. 

 

36. Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full  remission of penalty and guilt, even without letters of  pardon. 

 

37. Every true Christian, whether living or dead, has part in  all the blessings of Christ and the Church; and this is  granted him by God, even without letters of pardon. 

 

38. Nevertheless, the remission and participation [in the  blessings of the Church] which are granted by the pope are in  no way to be despised, for they are, as I have said, the  declaration of divine remission. 

 

39. It is most difficult, even for the very keenest  theologians, at one and the same time to commend to the people  the abundance of pardons and [the need of] true contrition. 

 

40. True contrition seeks and loves penalties, but liberal  pardons only relax penalties and cause them to be hated, or at  least, furnish an occasion [for hating them]. 

 

41. Apostolic pardons are to be preached with caution, lest  the people may falsely think them preferable to other good  works of love. 

 

42. Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend  the buying of pardons to be compared in any way to works of  mercy. 

 

43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor  or lends to the needy does a better work than buying pardons; 

 

44. Because love grows by works of love, and man becomes  better; but by pardons man does not grow better, only more  free from penalty. 

 

45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a man in  need, and passes him by, and gives [his money] for pardons,  purchases not the indulgences of the pope, but the indignation  of God. 

 

46. Christians are to be taught that unless they have more  than they need, they are bound to keep back what is necessary  for their own families, and by no means to squander it on  pardons. 

 

47. Christians are to be taught that the buying of pardons is  a matter of free will, and not of commandment. 

 

48. Christians are to be taught that the pope, in granting  pardons,...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2018
• Übersetzer: Adolph Spaeth
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• ISBN-10: 1-4553-9379-7 / 1455393797
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4553-9379-4 / 9781455393794