Martin Luther

The Smalcald Articles by Martin Luther. Translated by F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau libreka classics — These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

Help catechism students dig deeper. As readers learn Martin Luther's foundational teachings in the Small Catechism, this volume will encourage them to go further in their doctrinal knowledge by studying the Large Catechism.

Written by Luther in 1529, the Small and Large Catechisms provide a clear summary of God's Word on the essentials of the Christian faith. This edition combines the two catechisms and includes the woodcuts found in Concordia:

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In The Large Catechism, Martin Luther presents a profound examination of foundational Christian teachings. Initially addressed to clergy in 1529, this work serves as a guide to instruct congregations on essential doctrines, organized into five key parts: The Ten Commandments, The Apostles' Creed, The Lord's Prayer, Holy Baptism, and The Sacrament of the Altar. Luther's insights reflect the theological debates and religious transformations of...

By 1529, the year of publication of Luther's Large Catechism, parishioners took the Gospel for granted. Many had forgotten at what great peril the freedom of their faith had been won. In the Large Catechism Luther set out to inculcate the centrality of the Gospel that was largely neglected and whose freedom was frequently abused. Whether Luther is therefore dealing with the Ten Commandments or the Lord's Supper, the dynamic of the Word of God as Gospel...

With great clarity and insight, James M. Estes illuminates Luther's call to secular authorities to help with the reform of the church in this important 1520 treatise. Starting with the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, Luther's appeals for reform had been, addressed to the ecclesiastical hierarchy, whose divinely imposed responsibility for such things he took for granted. By the early months of 1520, however, Luther had come to the conclusion, that nothing...

The Freedom of the Christian was Martin Luther's first public defense of the doctrine of justification by grace through faith on account, of Christ alone. Luther's explosive rediscovery of the Gospel of Jesus Christ shattered the Church of Rome's foundation of works, which considered good works a part of salvation instead of a result of it. Here, Luther constructed a rich theology that relies on the full power of the Gospel, which not only grants...

In autumn 1525, Luther wrote The Bondage of the Will as, a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam's On Free Will. Luther's treatise is important on four accounts: First, Luther wanted to show his own humanist education. Second, against Erasmus, who had maintained that the question of free will could not be, decided just on the basis of the Bible, Luther stressed the clarity imbedded in Scripture. Third, Luther stressed, that his...

One of the most important texts of Martin Luther. Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount is a very rich text in biblical and illuminating knowledge about Chapter 5 of Matthew, one of the most beautiful biblical passages and the beautiful expression of Christianity.

In "Commentary on Galatians," Martin Luther expounds Paul's epistle with an insight, power, and depth of emotion which is sorely lacking in modern commentaries. From the very first page of this book, Luther cuts to the heart of the epistle-the doctrine of justification-in the way that only he can. His bold words and plain-sense interpretations result in a work filled with much of the same force and passion that characterized the epistle itself. The...

The Small Catechism was originally composed by Martin Luther in the year 1529, and is one of the greatest and most influential works of Christian education of all time. The Small Catechism continues to be used as a primer in the Christian faith by churches globally. Children and adults alike will benefit from learning and meditating on the words of this timeless little book. This Tamil translation comes from the Small Catechism as it appears in the...