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Four Hundred Years: Commemorative Essays on the Reformation of Dr. Martin Luther and Its Blessed Results, in the Year of the Four-Hundredth ... by Various Lutheran Writers
Excerpt from Four Hundred Years: Commemorative Essays on the Reformation of Dr. Martin Luther and Its Blessed Results, in the Year of the Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the Reformation, by Various Lutheran Writers
A comparatively unknown priest and professor in a small German town on the border of civilization sought to ease his pastoral conscience by inviting the learned doctors of his day to discuss with him a very si'rnple ques tion of Biblical teaching and Christian morals: Can par don for sins be sold and bought at so much per? There was nothing unusual in his action: hundreds of others had done the same thing before him, many more after him. Nor was the question difficult. There has never lived a person who has truly believed that a moral debt can be liquidated in hard cash. But in every age there have been persons credulous enough to become impressed with a pretension of mysterious spiritual power; and there have been others of a shrewdly calculating disposition who have thought it a fine convenience to be permitted to settle their account, if not With God, at least with the Church, on the contract plan of Give and Take, rather than on the terms which the Redeemer offers, when He says: Repent and believe the Gospel! Every age, too, has produced enterprising men who would contrive in some way to accommodate these interesting religious bargain hunters.
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A comparatively unknown priest and professor in a small German town on the border of civilization sought to ease his pastoral conscience by inviting the learned doctors of his day to discuss with him a very si'rnple ques tion of Biblical teaching and Christian morals: Can par don for sins be sold and bought at so much per? There was nothing unusual in his action: hundreds of others had done the same thing before him, many more after him. Nor was the question difficult. There has never lived a person who has truly believed that a moral debt can be liquidated in hard cash. But in every age there have been persons credulous enough to become impressed with a pretension of mysterious spiritual power; and there have been others of a shrewdly calculating disposition who have thought it a fine convenience to be permitted to settle their account, if not With God, at least with the Church, on the contract plan of Give and Take, rather than on the terms which the Redeemer offers, when He says: Repent and believe the Gospel! Every age, too, has produced enterprising men who would contrive in some way to accommodate these interesting religious bargain hunters.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
330 pages, Hardcover
First published November 26, 2009
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December 31, 2020
This book, written almost 125 years ago, and authored by several writers whose life long study of Martin Luther, provide the most complete view of the man Luther than any I have read.
The book presents not only Luther’s exceptional theological brilliance and his courage to stand alone against the massive, satanic Papal Roman Catholic Church, but also presents his warts and blind spots - areas of theology and practice where Luther was, because of his RC background, imbalanced in reaction against that man made institution.
The authors analyze Luthers life in the following categories;
1. Formation, Deformation and Reformation of Luther from Roman Catholicism
2. Luthers family
3. Luthers multiple appeals to the papacy to return to the word of God
4. Luther at Worms
5. Luther and Erasmus
6. Luther and justification
7. Luther at Marburg
8. Luther the faithful confessor or Christ
9. The three principles of the Reformation - sola scriptura , sola Gratiae. Sola Fide
10. Luther and the peasant war
11. Luthers Marriage
12. Luthers two exiles: Wartburg and Coburg
13. Luthers hymn ‘Ein Feste Burg’
14. Wittenberg in the days of Luther
15. Luther and his friends
16. Luther as a preacher
17. Luthers influence on popular education
18. The economic teachings and influence of Luther
19. Luther a lover of nature
20. Luther, music and the Reformation
21. Luther and the classics
22. When England almost became Lutheran
23. Luthers end
24. Lutheranism and Christianity
This book is highly commended if you want to know more about the intricacies and insights of this amazing man that God raised up to advance His true church and kingdom.
The book presents not only Luther’s exceptional theological brilliance and his courage to stand alone against the massive, satanic Papal Roman Catholic Church, but also presents his warts and blind spots - areas of theology and practice where Luther was, because of his RC background, imbalanced in reaction against that man made institution.
The authors analyze Luthers life in the following categories;
1. Formation, Deformation and Reformation of Luther from Roman Catholicism
2. Luthers family
3. Luthers multiple appeals to the papacy to return to the word of God
4. Luther at Worms
5. Luther and Erasmus
6. Luther and justification
7. Luther at Marburg
8. Luther the faithful confessor or Christ
9. The three principles of the Reformation - sola scriptura , sola Gratiae. Sola Fide
10. Luther and the peasant war
11. Luthers Marriage
12. Luthers two exiles: Wartburg and Coburg
13. Luthers hymn ‘Ein Feste Burg’
14. Wittenberg in the days of Luther
15. Luther and his friends
16. Luther as a preacher
17. Luthers influence on popular education
18. The economic teachings and influence of Luther
19. Luther a lover of nature
20. Luther, music and the Reformation
21. Luther and the classics
22. When England almost became Lutheran
23. Luthers end
24. Lutheranism and Christianity
This book is highly commended if you want to know more about the intricacies and insights of this amazing man that God raised up to advance His true church and kingdom.
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