The development of Martin Luther's thought was both a symptom and moving force in the transformation of the Middle Ages into the modern world. Geog...
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Aug 16, 2011
Erik
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Being born of a Norwegian national, in some official sense I may be a member of the national church. However, I wasn't raised that way unless one counts the occasional Easter when Mother would take me to a Lutheran church to hear an interminable sermon. By coincidence, however, Larry Nolden, my best friend in early grade school being Lutheran and my parents not caring, I did attend Lutheran Sunday School for maybe a year during childhood. Fortunately, the teacher was a liberal, so I actually
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Sep 12, 2009
Maggie
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I like that he was a catalyst for change and he promoted religious freedom but I truly believe he was off on much of his doctrine, such as that salvation is a gift from God by grace in the belief of Jesus Christ. Well that would mean that it doesn't matter what anyone does in their lives, good or bad, because grace will save them in the long run. Good ideas, which spurned the change for better ones.
Apr 01, 2009
John
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Tell us what you really think, Martin Luther:
"Oh, listen to that; you dunce, where is it written in God's Word that Father Pope and Brother Cardinal are the true church? Was it because that was what the fine parrot bird said to the black jackdaw?"
"Hence it is again to be diligently noted how Christ described his church for us; for this description is a strong thunderbolt against the miserable pope and his decretals by which he has made of the church of God More...
"Oh, listen to that; you dunce, where is it written in God's Word that Father Pope and Brother Cardinal are the true church? Was it because that was what the fine parrot bird said to the black jackdaw?"
"Hence it is again to be diligently noted how Christ described his church for us; for this description is a strong thunderbolt against the miserable pope and his decretals by which he has made of the church of God More...
Dec 13, 2010
Bob
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Great volume to have if you don't plan on having an entire bookshelf dedicated to Luther or if you just want Luther boiled down. This book has chunks of his most valuable works.
Oct 26, 2009
Charles
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I read this text in Dr. J. Michael Utzinger's Reformation Thought course during my junior year at Hampden-Sydney.
Apr 19, 2009
Alan
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Martin Luther, selections from his writings by Martin Luther (1961), [1st ed.]
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