The author of this easily-digestible spiritual guide essentially sets up and defends a dichotomy between Good and Evil and how we can live according to the Good. The dichotomy manifests itself in several ways (God vs. Self; Eternal-Will vs. Self-Will; God vs. Sin; Good vs. Sin; etc.), but the overar ...more

While there are elements of this work which I could question, and from them, I can see how the Reformation through Luther would take them on, following the worst possible interpretations of them, as a whole this book can be seen not only to be in sharp contrast to Luther, but criticizing him in his ...more

At the time when this was read, it was a immensely soul-affirming and edifying book. It's a book you can read and re-read for its depths. The central theme throughout it pithy, but at times lengthy, expositions is that the self-will is either inclined to either God or to objects of derivative import ...more

This book was not written by Martin Luther, but reprinted / translated by him in this edition. It is by an unknown author. It is composed of 57 chapters which are short 1 - 3 page chapters. The book centers on teaching and expounding on the idea that only through Christ is perfection found and that ...more

The anonymous Theologia Germanica is a mystical work. Luther loved it and published it broadly. Calvin called it poison, so it has that going for it. As often is the case, the truth is somewhere in the middle. This is a work of 14th-century mystics, mostly penned, by someone apart of the lay Friends ...more

though martin luther discovered these writings...as i understand the information...and published them...apparently they are not widely read. i am here following a trail based on another current read, Mr. Sammler's Planet. sammler in his seventies he was interested in little more than meister eckhart ...more

Luther declared that behind Scripture and Augustine this book was the most influential on his theological development. I had a love/hate relationship with parts of this book but overall it was interesting to see what impacted the great reformer. ...more

Written in the late Middle Ages by an anonymous member of the order of the Teutonic Knights (the "Franckforter"), this was a favorite of Martin Luther and so was, directly or indirectly, an influence on later Protestant spirituality. ...more

This book is some what mystical and some what devotional. I appreciated the author's view of self will (we need to get rid of it) and become like Christ. ...more

A really helpful little book of spirituality. Interesting to read knowing later theological developments and seeing how influential such an unknown work actually is. ...more