Loading…

The Annotated Luther, Volume 1: The Roots of Reform is unavailable, but you can change that!

Volume 1 of The Annotated Luther series contains writings that defined the roots of reform set in motion by Martin Luther, beginning with the 95 Theses (1517) through The Freedom of a Christian (1520). Included are treatises, letters, and sermons written from 1517–1520, which set the framework for key themes in all of Luther’s later works. Also included are documents that reveal Luther’s earliest...

to God, but also, near the end of the sermon, he observed: “Indulgences … may only be useful or exist … to support the truth of contrition; they take away nothing other than the personal imposition of satisfaction. And it must be feared that frequently they work against interior penitence. For interior penitence is true contrition, true confession, and true satisfaction in the spirit.” He then reflected on his own preaching: “You see, therefore, just how dangerous a thing the preaching of indulgences
Page 21
Buy this book at Logos.com