Martin Luther: An Introduction to His Life and Work

Fortress Press, 1986 - Biography & Autobiography - 288 pages

Attention is given to major writings, relative importance, genre, and historical context. Guides reader through significant issues in Luther's theology and discusses contributions.

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LUTHERS WORLD	xiv

12 Charles V	xiv

13 Francis I and Henry VIII	xiv

15 The Turkish Threat	xiv

17 Territories and Cities of the German Empire	xiv

18 The Growth of the Power of the Princes	xiv

19 Economic Development	1

111 The Situation of the Church	2

429 The Magnificat	124

431 A Sincere Admonition Against Rebellion 1522	125

433 The Reform of Worship	126

437 The Bondage of the Will	127

438 The Lords Supper	128

440 Luther and the Augsburg Confession	129

442 A Word of Warning	130

444 On the Councils and the Church	131

112 The Reform Councils of the Fifteenth Century	3

114 The Reform Movements	4

115 Huss and the Hussites	5

116 The Intellectual Situation	6

118 Scholasticism and Late Scholasticism	7

119 Humanism	8

120 Is the Idea of Historical Periods Valid?	10

QUESTIONS RELATED TO LUTHERS LIFE	13

22 The Task of a Biography of Luther	14

24 Luthers Upbringing	15

26 Luthers Studies in Erfurt 15015	16

28 Luthers Spiritual Temptations	17

29 Attempts to Explain the Spiritual Temptations	19

210 Luthers Ordination to the Priesthood and His Study of Theology	21

211 Luthers Journey to Rome and His Acceptance of the Lectureship on Bible in Wittenberg 1512	22

213 The Development of a New Theology	23

214 Conflict with Rome	24

215 Luther on the Wartburg 152122	25

216 Luthers Marriage	26

217 The Controversy About the Lords Supper	28

218 The Diet of Augsburg 1530	29

219 The Truce of Nurnberg 1532	30

220 The Wittenberg Concord 1536	31

222 Luthers Last Years	32

223 Luthers Death	33

LUTHERS ROLE IN THE COMPLICATED CONTROVERSIES OF HIS TIME	34

33 The Dispute Over Indulgences	36

34 Were the Ninetyfive Theses Really Posted on the Church Door?	37

35 The Ninetyfive Theses	38

36 The Heidelberg Disputation 1518	39

37 Luthers Examination by Cajetan 1518	40

38 Luthers Appeal to a Council	41

310 The Bull Threatening Excommunication 1520	42

312 Luthers Critique of Monastic Vows	43

313 The First Differentiations in the Reformation Movement 152122	44

314 The Wittenberg Reformers	45

316 A Clearer Understanding of Government	46

317 Luthers Treatise on Temporal Authority	47

318 Luthers Writings on the Peasants War	49

319 Thomas Muntzer	51

320 Can Soldiers Be Saved?	53

321 Luthers Writings on the Turks	55

322 Luthers Understanding of the Right of Resistance	56

324 Humanism and the Reformation	57

325 Erasmuss Treatise On Freedom of the Will	58

326 Luthers Treatise on The Bondage of the Will 1525	59

327 The Interpretation of The Bondage of the Will	61

328 Humanism and the Reformation After 1525	62

329 The Controversy About the Lords Supper 152429	63

330 The Development of Luthers Doctrine of the Lords Supper	64

331 Karlstadts Doctrine of the Lords Supper	65

332 Luthers Criticism of Karlstadt	66

334 Additional Points at Issue in the Controversy About the Lords Supper	67

335 The Marburg Colloquy 1529	69

336 Luthers Later Controversies	70

337 The Bigamy of Philip of Hesse	71

338 Luthers Role in the Development of the State Church	73

339 The Sharp Polemical Tone of the Controversies	79

340 Luthers Polemic in His Book Against Hanswurst 1541	81

341 Luthers Writings About the Jews	83

342 Tenderness and Coarseness In Luthers Personality	84

343 Luthers SelfUnderstanding	85

344 Luther as Reformer	86

LUTHERS WRITINGS	91

42 The Uniqueness of Luthers Style	92

43 Luther Was Bilingual	93

45 The Change in Luthers Exegetical Method	95

46 Luthers Relationship to Rhetoric	96

48 The Central Focus on the Question of Truth the Apostolic Character of Many of Luthers Writings	103

49 The Sermon on Preparing to Die 1519	104

410 Luthers Sense of Authority	105

411 Research on Luthers Translation of the Bible	106

412 Luther and the Development of Modern High German	109

413 Gods Word as Translated and Interpreted by Luther	111

414 Other Bible Translations in the Early Sixteenth Century	112

415 The Ongoing Revision of the Translation of the Bible	113

416 The Linguistic Gap Between Protestant and Roman Catholic Germany	114

419 The Importance of Knowledge About the Contemporary Situation	115

420 The Central Themes of Luthers Theology	116

421 The Marginal Notes 150910	118

423 Luthers Writings Related to the Controversy on Indulgences	119

424 The Sermons of 151920	120

426 To the Christian Nobility Luther as Advocate of Social Reform	121

427 The Babylonian Captivity of the Church	122

428 The Freedom of a Christian	123

447 The Later Academic Disputations202	132

ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF LUTHERS THEOLOGY	133

512 How Should We Structure Our Presentation?	134

513 The Significance of the Early Churchs Doctrine of the Trinity for Luther	137

523 The Hermeneutical Method of the Young Luther	140

524 Judgment and Gospel in Luthers First Lectures on the Psalms	141

53 THE QUESTION OF LUTHERS REFORMATION BREAKTHROUGH	143

532 What Was the Content of the Reformation Insight?	144

533 The Most Important Sources	145

54 THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE	147

542 The Authority of the Scripture and the Authority of Christ	149

543 The Clarity of the Scripture	150

545 Law and Gospel	151

55 REASON AND FAITH	153

553 Luthers Relationship to Philosophy	155

555 The Significance of Reason for Theological Work	156

562 The Evaluation of Luthers Attitude Toward the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Presentations of Luthers Theology	159

563 Luthers Critical Remarks on the Doctrine of the Trinity	160

565 The Image of God and the Doctrine of God	162

566 The Distinction Between the Hidden God and the Revealed God	163

567 God as Creator	166

568 God Is God	168

572 Traditional and New Elements in Luthers Doctrine of the Church	171

574 The Two Churches	172

575 Luthers Attitude Toward the Office of the Bishop	173

576 The Necessity of the Church to Salvation	174

577 The Marks of the Church	175

578 The Office of the Ministry and Ordination	176

579 Differing Emphases in Luthers Doctrine of the Ministry	177

5710 The Ministry and the Universal Priesthood	178

58 CHURCH AND STATE LUTHERS DOCTRINE OF THE TWO KINGDOMS	180

582 The History of the Background of the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms in the Tradition of the Church	181

583 The Term Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms	182

585 Survey of the Newer Studies of Luthers Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms	183

586 The Meaning and the Problematical Nature of the Concept of the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms	185

587 Open Questions and Further Tasks	186

59 LUTHERS VIEW OF HISTORY	187

sub contrario	188

593 History as the Battle Between God and Satan	189

595 History as a Summons to Believe	191

THE HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF LUTHER	193

612 Luther as the Protestant Church Father	195

614 Early Prototypes of the Image of Luther	196

62 THE IMAGE OF LUTHER IN SEVENTEENTHCENTURY ORTHODOXY	197

622 The Introduction of Reformation Jubilees	198

623 The Beginnings of a New Image of Luther	199

63 THE IMAGE OF LUTHER IN PIETISM	200

633 Nikolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf	201

634 Gottfried Arnold	202

64 THE IMAGE OF LUTHER IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT	203

Johann Salomo Sender	204

643 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing	205

65 THE IMAGE OF LUTHER IN THE GERMAN CLASSICAL PERIOD	206

652 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	207

653 Friedrich Schiller	208

66 THE IMAGE OF LUTHER IN ROMANTICISM	209

662 Friedrich Schlelermacher	210

67 THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOLARLY STUDY OF LUTHER	211

673 Albrecht Ritschl	213

674 Theodosius Harnack	214

675 Feuerbach Burckhardt Nietzsche Kierkegaard	216

68 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF KARL HOLL FOR LUTHER RESEARCH	217

682 Holls Contributions to Luther Research	218

684 Limitations of Holls Interpretation of Luther	219

69 RECENT CURRENTS IN THE INTERPRETATION OF LUTHER	221

693 Friedrich Gogarten	222

694 The Swedish Interpretation of Luther	224

696 Gerhard Ebeling	225

610 THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC IMAGE OF LUTHER	226

6102 Franz Xaver Kiefl and Sebastian Merkle	227

6104 Erwin Iserloh	228

611 PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES OF LUTHER RESEARCH	229

EDITIONS SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AIDS TO THE STUDY OF LUTHER	232

72 The Erlangen Edition EA	233

74 The Braunschweig Edition Br	234

77 Luther Deutsch LD	235

710 The American Edition of Luthers Works LW	236

714 Scholarly Journals	237

ABBREVIATIONS	238

NOTES	240

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS IN ENGLISH	265

INDEX OF NAMES	270

INDEX OF SUBJECTS	273

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About the author (1986)

Bernhard Lohse (1928-1997) was a preeminent church historian and Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at the University of Hamburg. He is author of A Short History of Christian Doctrine (1978) and Martin Luther (1986), both from Fortress Press.

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Title	Martin Luther: An Introduction to His Life and Work
Author	Bernhard Lohse
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	Fortress Press, 1986
ISBN	0800619641, 9780800619640
Length	288 pages
Subjects	Religion › Christianity › History Biography & Autobiography / General Biography & Autobiography / Religious Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / Lutheran

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