Martin Luther’s

Basic Theological Writings

Third Edition

Edited by

William R. Russell

First Edition

Edited by Timothy F. Lull

Fortress Press

Minneapolis

MARTIN LUTHER’S BASIC THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS

Third Edition

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Images on pages ii, xxiv, 50, 116, 182, 286, and 384 are courtesy of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University. The image on page 488 is from the Schlossmuseum in Gotha, Germany.

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Contents

Chronology of Luther’s Writings in This Volume

Abbreviations

PrefaceWilliam R. Russell

Preface to the First EditionTimothy F. Lull

IntroductionWilliam R. Russell

Part 1. Luther on Theology

1. Disputation against Scholastic Theology (1517)—LW 31:9–16

2. The Ninety-Five Theses (1517)—LW 31:25–33

3. Heidelberg Disputation (1518)—LW 31:39–58

4. Confession concerning Christ’s Supper—Part III (1528)—LW 37:360–72

5. A Practical Way to Pray (1535)—LW 43:191–209. Revised by William R. Russell

6. Preface to the Wittenberg Edition of Luther’s German Writings (1539)—LW 34:283–88

7. Sermon in Castle Pleissenburg, Leipzig (1539)—LW 51:301–11

Part 2. Luther on Scripture

8. “Concerning the Letter and the Spirit” (1521)—LW 39:175–203

9. A Brief Instruction on What to Look for and Expect in the Gospels (1521)—LW 35:117–24

10. Preface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans (1522, revised 1546)—LW 35:365–80

11. Lectures on Galatians (1535)—LW 26:3–11

12. Preface to the New Testament (1522, revised 1546)—LW 35:357–62

13. Preface to the Old Testament (1523, revised 1545)—LW 35:235–51

14. How Christians Should Regard Moses (1525)—LW 35:161–74

Part 3. Luther on the Gospel

15. Two Kinds of Righteousness (1519)—LW 31:297–306

16. A Meditation on Christ’s Passion (1519)—LW 42:6–14

17. A Sermon on the Three Kinds of Good Life for the Instruction of Consciences (1521)—LW 44:231–42

18. The Bondage of the Will—Introduction, Part vi, and Conclusion (1525)—LW 33:15–19, 246–95

19. Sermon on the Afternoon of Christmas Day (1530)—LW 51:211–18

20. Against the Antinomians (1539)—LW 47:99–118

Part 4. Luther on Sacraments

21. The Blessed Sacrament of the Holy and True Body and Blood of Christ (1519)—LW 35:48–73

22. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church—Part I (1520)—LW 36:11–57

23. The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ—Against the Fanatics (1526)—LW 36: 329–60

24. Concerning Rebaptism (1528)—LW 40:229–62

25. Confession concerning Christ’s Supper...

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About Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings

Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings, a single-volume introduction to Luther’s most influential, noted, and important writings in the modern translations—including excerpts of his sermons and letters—presents Luther the theologian “steeped in the word of God, speaking to the whole church,” even as it takes the reader straight to Luther the man, to his controversial Reformation insights, to his strongest convictions about God and Scripture and the life of the church, and most importantly to his theology—a still-exciting encounter with the meaning of Jesus Christ for each age.

The third edition includes revised introductions, updated bibliography, index, and the addition of “A Meditation on Christ’s Passion” (1519), “Treatise on the Blessed Sacrament” (1519), “Sermon on the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ—Against the Fanatics” (1526), “Sermon in Castle Pleissenburg” (1539), and “Consolation to Women Whose Pregnancies Have Not Gone Well” (1542), as well as new translations of “A Practical Way to Pray” (1535) and “On the Freedom of a Christian” (1520).

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