Martin Luther, Volume 2: Shaping and Defining the Reformation, 1521-1532Brecht provides a comprehensive study of the consolidation of the Reformation in the middle period of Luther's active life. He treats both Luther's personal life and the development of Lutheran doctrine and practice exhaustively. The reader is left with great admiration for Luther's talents as a theologian, translator, and church builder. |
Contents
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Criticism of the Popes Recent Maundy Thursday Bull | 15 |
3 ON CONFESSION | 18 |
3 ERASMUSS DEFENSE | 236 |
Reform of the University and Academic Activity 152430 | 239 |
1 REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY | 241 |
2 LUTHERS LECTURES 152330 | 244 |
Reorganization of the Church and Pastoral Activity | 251 |
2 THE VISITATION | 259 |
3 THE CATECHISMS | 273 |
4 ON MARRIAGE MATTERS | 280 |
4 RELIGIOUS VOWS | 21 |
5 REORGANIZATION OF THE MASS AND THE UNREST IN WITTENBERG | 25 |
6 TRANSLATING THE NEW AND OLD TESTAMENTS | 46 |
The Preacher of Wittenberg 152224 | 57 |
1 THE INVOCAVIT SERMONS AND DEALING WITH THE SITUATION IN WITTENBERG | 59 |
2 EFFORTS AT ELECTING EVANGELICAL PREACHERS AND PASTORS | 66 |
3 LUTHER AND THE BOHEMIANS | 72 |
4 CONTACTS WITH THE REFORMATION MOVEMENT BEYOND ELECTORAL SAXONY | 77 |
5 CONFLICTS WITH OPPONENTS HOLDING THE OLD FAITH | 83 |
6 MARRIAGE AND MARRIAGE MATTERS | 90 |
7 MONKS AND NUNS | 95 |
8 THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
9 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 105 |
The Persistent Advocate | 106 |
Caught in Imperial Politics | 107 |
Thar Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew | 112 |
Luthers Political Ethics | 115 |
10 NEW ORDERS OF WORSHIP | 119 |
The Baptismal Book | 121 |
The Initial Reorganization of the Mass and Congregational Worship | 122 |
The Dispute with the All Saints Foundation in Wittenberg | 127 |
German Hymns | 129 |
Prophets Enthusiasts Iconoclasts Fanatics and the Peasants War | 137 |
1 THE SCHOOL | 138 |
2 ON TRADE AND USURY | 142 |
3 THOMAS MUNTZER | 146 |
4 ANDREAS BODENSTEIN VON KARLSTADT | 157 |
5 THE PEASANTS WAR | 172 |
The Admonition to Peace | 174 |
Against the Raging Peasants and Thomas Muntzer | 178 |
Reaction to the Harsh Book and Luthers Defense | 185 |
Luthers Reaction to the Results of the Peasants War | 189 |
Marriage Home and Family 152530 | 195 |
2 MARRIAGE | 197 |
3 HOME LIFE AND THE GROWING FAMILY | 201 |
4 ILLNESS | 204 |
The Conflict with Erasmus of Rotterdam over Free Will | 213 |
DE SERVO ARBITRIO | 224 |
5 PASTORAL ACTIVITY IN WITTENBERG AND THE CRISIS THERE | 283 |
The Preacher | 284 |
The Difficulties in Wittenberg | 288 |
The Conflict over the Lords Supper and Baptism 152529 | 293 |
2 TEMPORIZING IN THE BACKGROUND 1526 | 303 |
3 THAT THESE WORDS OF CHRIST THIS IS MY BODY ETC STILL STAND FIRM AGAINST THE FANATICS | 310 |
4 CONFESSION CONCERNING CHRISTS SUPPER | 314 |
5 THE MARBURG COLLOQUY | 325 |
6 CONCERNING REBAPT1SM | 334 |
Reformation and Politics Support and Resistance 152530 | 341 |
2 SPREAD OF THE REFORMATION | 345 |
3 PERSECUTION AND MARTYRDOM | 349 |
4 ALLIANCES AND COUNTERALLIANCES THE REFORMATION AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EMPIRE | 352 |
5 THE THREAT FROM THE TURKS | 363 |
At the Coburg Because of the Diet of Augsburg | 369 |
2 AT FORTRESS COBURG | 372 |
3 LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL WORK | 379 |
4 A PARTICIPANT IN ABSENTIA AT THE DIET | 384 |
Exhortation to All Clergy Assembled at Augsburg | 385 |
Changing Situations at the Beginning of the Diet | 387 |
The First Crisis between Luther and Melanchthon | 388 |
The Beautiful ConfiteminiA Type of Confession by Luther | 391 |
The Augsburg Confession and the Impossibility of Further Concessions | 393 |
The Lengthy Wait for the Confutation | 398 |
The Committee Negotiations | 402 |
The Recess | 405 |
From the Diet of Augsburg to the Nuremberg Standstill 1532 | 411 |
2 WARNING TO HIS DEAR GERMAN PEOPLE | 415 |
3 SUPPORT FOR A RELIGIOUS PEACE | 421 |
Home Community Church and Theology 153032 | 429 |
2 BOTH PREACHER AND PASTOR IN WITTENBERG | 433 |
3 DEMANDS AND DIFFICULTIES IN THE CHURCH OF ELECTORAL SAXONY AND OTHER EVANGELICAL CHURCHES | 439 |
The Problems of Other Evangelical Churches | 447 |
4 THE TEACHER OF JUSTIFICATION | 451 |
Abbreviations | 461 |
Notes | 463 |
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