And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying: (Mt. 5:1-2) Here the evangelist with a formal stately preface declares how Christ disposed himself for the sermon he was about to deliver; that he went [...]
The Romanists[1], with great adroitness, have built three walls about them, behind which they have hitherto defended themselves in such wise that no one has been able to reform them; and this has been the cause of terrible corruption throughout all Christendom. First, when pressed by The temporal power, they have made decrees and said [...]
To George Spenlein, Augustinian in Memmingen April 7, 1516. Grace and peace in God and the Lord Jesus Christ! Dearest Brother George! I write to let you know that I have realized two gulden and a half, for what I sold for you. One florin for the Brussels robe, half a florin for the Eisenach [...]
A Christian, Profitable, and Necessary Preface and Faithful, Earnest Exhortation of Dr. Martin Luther to All Christians, but Especially to All Pastors and Preachers, that They Should Daily Exercise Themselves in the Catechism, which is a Short Summary and Epitome of the Entire Holy Scriptures, and that they May Always Teach the Same. We have [...]
There are in the Apostles’ Creed three sections: the three Persons of the Holy Trinity are therein enumerated. The first section refers to the Father, the second to the Son, and the third to the Holy Ghost. Now this article concerning the Holy Trinity is the most important of all the articles of the Christian [...]
He “cometh.” Without doubt you do not come to him and bring him to you; he is too high and too far from you. With all your effort, work and labor you cannot come to him, lest you boast as though you had received him by your own merit and worthiness. No, dear friend, all [...]
We ought really to be ashamed of ourselves, having had the example of parents, ancestors, lords and kings, princes and others, who gave so liberally and charitably, even in profusion, to churches, ministers, schools, endowments, hospitals and the like; and by such liberal giving neither they nor their descendants were made poorer. What would they [...]
Covetousness First . It should be known that in our times (of which the Apostle Paul prophesied that they would be perilous) avarice and usury have not only taken a mighty hold in all the world, but have undertaken to seek certain cloaks under which they would be considered right and could thus practice their [...]
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Romans iii. 23-24) However great and heavy sin may be, this article is still greater, higher, and wider, for no man has spoken it out if his own wisdom, [...]
