Thoroughly researched and faithfully translated, the Luther’s Works series consists of Martin Luther’s Bible commentaries, sermons, prefaces, postils, disputations, letters, theology, and polemics—translated and published in English for the first time.
Free Downloadable Reading Guide for Luther's WorksLuther’s theological writings, perhaps without exception, arise from controversy or address it. For him there could be no building up of right teaching about God, humanity, the world, angels and devils without at the same time removing false teaching about all these things. Nowhere is this more clear than in the selection of short works included here.
A central theme of these documents is authority with regard to faith and within the Church—that the authority of the Church is subservient to God’s own authority, which is set forth in the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures. Spanning nearly his entire career as a reformer, this volume presents a variety of Luther’s theological and polemical writings from 1522 to his last days in 1546.
Volume 62—Exodus | 2022 |
Volume 72—Disputations I | 2023 |
Volume 63—Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Prophets | 2024 |
Volume 64—Labors on the Psalms I | 2025 |
Volume 65—Labors on the Psalms II | 2026 |
—Mark U. Edwards Jr., Academic Dean, Harvard Divinity School
—Carter Lindberg, Professor of Church History Emeritus, Boston University School of Theology
—Robert Kolb, Emeritus Missions Professor of Systematic Theology, Concordia Seminary
Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) is remembered as “Doctor biblicus,” the Father of Protestantism, and the founder of Lutheranism. As an Augustinian Hermit and professor of theology in Wittenberg, Germany, Luther began by opposing the sale of indulgences, an action that thrust him into international fame. Eventually, he called for a thorough reformation of church teaching and practice based on Holy Scripture alone.
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