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...Preface: The preparation of this edition of Luther?s Commentary on Galatians was first suggested to me by Mr. P. J. Zondervan, of the firm of publishers, in March, 1937. The consultation had the twofold merit of definiteness and brevity. ?Luther is still the greatest n...

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...Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther (1535) Translated by Theodore Graebner A Penn State Electroni... ...Classics Series Publication Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther, trans. Theodore Graebner is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...ic transmission, in any way. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther, trans. Theodore Graebner, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...he resurrection of Christ. By His resurrection Christ won the victory over law , sin, flesh, world, devil, death, hell, and every evil. And this His v... ...ches, inasmuch as the Galatians had for- saken the grace of Christ for the law of Moses. The proper answer is: Although the Galatians had fallen away ... ...e Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ. The terms of grace and peace are common terms with Paul and are now pretty well understood. But since we are... ...y lawful living, for no person 11 Martin Luther is able to live up to the Law. The Law reveals guilt, fills the conscience with terror, and drives me... ...prevail by force, he engages wicked and ungodly teachers who at first make common cause with us, then claim that they are particularly called to teach... ...s of the saints and of the angels to hell. To reject the grace of God is a common sin, of which everybody is guilty who sees any righteousness in hims...

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...Excerpt: Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X Among those monstrous evils of this age with which I have now for three years been waging war, I am sometimes compelled to look to you and to call you to mind, most blessed father Leo. In truth, si...

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...Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther A Pennsylvania State University Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther A Pennsylvania State University Electronic Classics Series Publicati... ...ty Electronic Classics Series Publication Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...tronic Classics Series Publication Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...Christ, though Lord of all things, was yet made of a woman; made under the law; at once free and a servant; at once in the form of God and in the form... ...ad, thou shalt be saved” (Rom. x. 9); and again, “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Rom. x. 4), and “The ju... .... As if he said, “Faith, which is the brief and complete fulfilling of the law, will fill those who believe with such righteousness that they will nee... ... one great marriage), then it follows that all they have becomes theirs in common, as well good things as evil things; so that whatsoever Christ posse...

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...The Smalcald Articles Martin Luther The Smalcald Articles of Doctor Martin Luther, Trans. F . Bente and W.H.T . Dau is a publication of the Pe... ... an electronic transmis- sion, in any way. The Smalcald Articles of Doctor Martin Luther, Trans. F . Bente and W.H.T. Dau by Martin Luther, the Penn... ...e, indicating what we could accept or yield, and what we could not. by Dr. Martin Luther, 1537 T ranslated by F . Bente and W. H. T. Dau Published in... ...d of the Apostles, as well as that of St. Athanasius, and the Catechism in common use for children, teach. Concerning these articles there is no conte... ...ieve this, and it cannot be otherwise acquired or apprehended by any work, law, or merit, it is clear and certain that this faith alone justifies us ... ...For we conclude that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the Law. Likewise v. 26: That He might be just, and the Justifier of him which ... ...at the Mass will then collapse of itself, not only among the insane [rude] common people, but also among all pious, Christian, reasonable, God fearin... ...t right (even though the matter were otherwise correct) for one to use the common Sacrament of [belonging to] the Church accord ing to his own privat... ...r 14 Article IV: Of the Papacy. That the Pope is not, according to divine law or according to the Word of God the head of all Christendom (for this [...

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... An Open Letter on Translating by Dr. Martin Luther, translated by Dr . Gary Mann is a publication of the Penns... ... electronic transmis- sion, in any way. An Open Letter on Translating by Dr. Martin Luther, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...l opportunity university. Translated from Sendbrief von Dolmetschen By Dr. Martin Luther An Open Letter on Translating By Dr. Martin Luther, 1483 15... ...se who sell it.” This verse speaks truly concern ing all that can serve the common good or the well being of Christendom. This is the reason the mas... ...tanding of the divine Scriptures towards the improvement and increase of our common Christendom. Amen. Nuremberg Sept. 15, 1530. T o the Honorable and... ...ribus” as “We hold that the human will be justified without the works of the law but only by faith.” Y ou also tell me that the Papists are causing a ... .... Rather we must ask the mother in the home, the children on the street, the common person in the market about this. W e must be guided by their tongu... ...e namely that we are justified by faith in Christ without any works of the Law. In fact, he rejects all works so completely as to say that the works... ... In fact, he rejects all works so completely as to say that the works of the Law, though it is God’s law and word, do not aid us in justification. Usi...

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Excerpt: The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther translated by F. Bente and W.H.T. Dau.

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...Introduction: 1. The Occasion of the Work. -- Luther did not impose himself as reformer upon the Church. In the course of a conscientious performance of the duties of his office, to which he had been regularly and divinely called, and without any urging on his part, he a...

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...er A Treatise on Good Works Together with the Letter of Dedication by Dr. Martin Luther, 1520 , translated by M. Reu is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ay. A Treatise on Good Works Together with the Letter of Dedication by Dr. Martin Luther, 1520 by Martin Luther, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ... A Treatise on Good Works T ogether with the Letter of Dedication by Dr. Martin Luther, 1520 INTRODUCTION 1. The Occasion of the W ork. — Luther di... ...h, Luther especially mentions the proper hearing of mass and of preaching, common prayer, bodily dis cipline and the mortification of the flesh, and... ...ubordinates toward their superiors in the ecclesiastical as well as in the common civil sphere. The various duties issue from the various callings, fo... ...and drunkenness,” luxury in clothing, the usuri ous sale of rents and the common brothels. This, by divine and human right, is a part of their enjoin... ...ntioned, Luther’s argument must have called to mind the explanation of the Law, which the Lord had given in the Sermon on the Mount, when he taught m... ... number of the works themselves, nor from the judgment of men or of human law or custom, as we see has been done and still is done, because we are b... ...pposes me except the unclean beasts, which do not divide the hoof, as the Law of Moses decrees; who will suffer no distinction among good works, but...