...ederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courage... ... for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s pro... ... also for its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther dem... ...to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther demolished the three walls behind which Rome sat entrenched in her spiritual- temporal power. Now in The Babyloni... ...y have been called, we read at the close: “I know another little song about Rome, and if their ears itch to hear it, I will sing it for them and I wi... ... them and I will pitch it in a high key. Dost thou take my meaning, beloved Rome?” 3 In this book on the “Babylonian Captivity,” later that year, h... ...tandard Version, except in the few instances where the context requires the King James Version or the Vulgate. Several paragraphs in the original th... ...unteachable in these matters), I now know for certain that the papacy is the kingdom of Babylon and the power of Nimrod, the mighty hunter [Gen. 10:8... ...153 n. 2, and 153–158. Luther is probably referring to the fact that German kings, since Charles the Great in 800 A.D., had been called Roman Emperor...

...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The book is seemingly set ...

...“Rise up then, you popish flatterers, one and all! Get busy and defend yourselves against the charges of impiety, tyranny, and lèse-majesté against the gospel, and of the crime of slandering your brethren. You decry as heretics those who refuse to contravene such plain and powerful words of Scripture in order to acknowledge t...