Luther, vol. 4 of 6
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LUTHER
A FEW PRESS OPINIONS OF VOLUMES I-III.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XXI
1. Luther and Henry VIII of England. Bigamy instead of Divorce
2. The Bigamy of Philip of Hesse
Philip Seeks the Permission of Wittenberg.
The Bigamy is Consummated and made Public.
Dispensation; Advice in Confession; a Confessor’s Secret?
Luther’s Embarrassment on the Bigamy becoming Public.
Luther’s Private Utterances Regarding the Bigamy.
Luther at the Conference of Eisenach. The Landgrave’s Indignation.
Melanchthon’s Complaints.
Literary Feud with Duke Henry of Brunswick.
Opinions Old and New Regarding the Bigamy.
Philip Seeks the Permission of Wittenberg.
The Bigamy is Consummated and made Public.
Dispensation; Advice in Confession; a Confessor’s Secret?
Luther’s Embarrassment on the Bigamy becoming Public.
Luther’s Private Utterances Regarding the Bigamy.
Luther at the Conference of Eisenach. The Landgrave’s Indignation.
Melanchthon’s Complaints.
Literary Feud with Duke Henry of Brunswick.
Opinions Old and New Regarding the Bigamy.
CHAPTER XXII
1. A Battery of Assertions.[216]
2. Opinions of Contemporaries in either Camp
3. The Psychological Problem Self-suggestion and Scriptural Grounds of Excuse
A Curious Mania.
An Attempt at a Psychological Explanation.
The New Theology of Lying.
Luther’s Influence on His Circle.
A Curious Mania.
An Attempt at a Psychological Explanation.
The New Theology of Lying.
Luther’s Influence on His Circle.
4. Some Leading Slanders on the Mediæval Church Historically Considered
5. Was Luther the Liberator of Womankind from “Mediæval Degradation”?
Conspectus of Luther’s Distortion of the Catholic View of Marriage.
Luther’s Discordant Utterances on the Value of Marriage in his Sermons and Writings.
Birth of the New Views on Marriage during the Controversy on the Vow of Chastity.
The Natural Impulse and the Honour of Marriage.
Practical Consequences of the New View of Woman: Matrimonial Impediments, Divorce.
Respect for the Female Sex in Luther’s Conversations.
The New Matrimonial Conditions and the Slandered Opponents.
Two Concluding Pictures towards the History of Woman.
Conspectus of Luther’s Distortion of the Catholic View of Marriage.
Luther’s Discordant Utterances on the Value of Marriage in his Sermons and Writings.
Birth of the New Views on Marriage during the Controversy on the Vow of Chastity.
The Natural Impulse and the Honour of Marriage.
Practical Consequences of the New View of Woman: Matrimonial Impediments, Divorce.
Respect for the Female Sex in Luther’s Conversations.
The New Matrimonial Conditions and the Slandered Opponents.
Two Concluding Pictures towards the History of Woman.
CHAPTER XXIII
1. Luther and Erasmus Again
2. Luther on George of Saxony and George on Luther
CHAPTER XXIV
1. Reports from various Lutheran Districts
2. At the Centre of the New Faith
3. Luther’s Attempts to Explain the Decline in Morals
4. A Malady of the Age: Doubts and Melancholy
CHAPTER XXV
1. The University Professor, the Preacher, the Pastor
Relations with the Wittenberg Students.
The Preacher and Catechist.
Excerpts from Luther’s Sermons on Our Lady.
Statements to Luther’s advantage from various Instructions. His Language.
The Spiritual Guide.
The New Form of Confession.
Church Music.
Relations with the Wittenberg Students.
The Preacher and Catechist.
Excerpts from Luther’s Sermons on Our Lady.
Statements to Luther’s advantage from various Instructions. His Language.
The Spiritual Guide.
The New Form of Confession.
Church Music.
2. Emotional Character and Intellectual Gifts
3. Intercourse with Friends. The Interior of the former Augustinian Monastery
The more favourable side of the Table-Talk.
Kindlier Traits Evinced by Luther.
Prayer and Confidence in God.
Other Personal Traits. His Family Life.
The more favourable side of the Table-Talk.
Kindlier Traits Evinced by Luther.
Prayer and Confidence in God.
Other Personal Traits. His Family Life.
CHAPTER XXVI
1. Luther’s Anger. His Attitude towards the Jews, the Lawyers and the Princes
The Jews.
The Lawyers.
The Princes.
The Jews.
The Lawyers.
The Princes.
2. Luther’s Excuse: “We MUST Curse the Pope and His Kingdom”[987]
3. The Psychology of Luther’s Abusive Language
Various Psychological Factors.
Connection of Luther’s Abusiveness with his Mystic Persuasion of his Special Call.
The Unpleasant Seasoning of Luther’s Abuse.
Protestant Opinions Old and New.
Various Psychological Factors.
Connection of Luther’s Abusiveness with his Mystic Persuasion of his Special Call.
The Unpleasant Seasoning of Luther’s Abuse.
Protestant Opinions Old and New.
4. Luther on his own Greatness and Superiority to Criticism The art of “Rhetoric”
CHAPTER XXVII
1. Luther’s “demoniacal” storming. A man “possessed”
2. Voices of Converts
3. Lamentations over the Wounds of the Church and over Her Persecutions
4. The Literary Opposition
CHAPTER XXVIII
1. The Bible text and the Spirit as the “True Tests of Doctrine”
Liberty for the Examination of Scripture and Luther’s Autonomy.
Experience given by the Spirit.
Inspiration and the Canon of Scripture.
Inward Assurance and Disagreements Without.
Remedies against Disagreement. The Outward Word.
Liberty for the Examination of Scripture and Luther’s Autonomy.
Experience given by the Spirit.
Inspiration and the Canon of Scripture.
Inward Assurance and Disagreements Without.
Remedies against Disagreement. The Outward Word.
The Way of Settling Doubts Concerning Faith. Assurance of Salvation and Belief in Dogma.
Protestant Objections to Luther’s so-called “Formal Principle.”
Protestant Objections to Luther’s so-called “Formal Principle.”
2. Luther as a Bible-Expositor
Some Characteristics of Luther’s Exegesis.
Luther’s Exegesis in the Light of His Early Development.
Some Characteristics of Luther’s Exegesis.
Luther’s Exegesis in the Light of His Early Development.
3. The Sola Fides. Justification and Assurance of Salvation
Some Characteristics of the New Doctrine of Justification.
The Striving after Absolute Certainty of Salvation.
The “Article on which the Church Stands or Falls”: According to Modern Protestants.
Some Characteristics of the New Doctrine of Justification.
The Striving after Absolute Certainty of Salvation.
The “Article on which the Church Stands or Falls”: According to Modern Protestants.
4. Good Works in Theory and Practice
Nature and Origin of the New Doctrine of Works.
Augustine as the Authority for the New Doctrine of Works.
The New Doctrine of Works in Practice, as Judged by Lutheran Opinion in the 16th Century.
Luther’s Utterances in Favour of Good Works.
Works of Charity. Luther and the Ages of the Past.
Nature and Origin of the New Doctrine of Works.
Augustine as the Authority for the New Doctrine of Works.
The New Doctrine of Works in Practice, as Judged by Lutheran Opinion in the 16th Century.
Luther’s Utterances in Favour of Good Works.
Works of Charity. Luther and the Ages of the Past.
5. Other Innovations in Religious Doctrine
The Regula Fidei.
Some Peculiarities of the New Doctrine on the Sacraments, Particularly on Baptism.
His Teaching on the Supper.
Invocation of the Saints.
Mary.
Purgatory.
The Regula Fidei.
Some Peculiarities of the New Doctrine on the Sacraments, Particularly on Baptism.
His Teaching on the Supper.
Invocation of the Saints.
Mary.
Purgatory.
6. Luther’s Attack on the Sacrifice of the Mass
First Attacks. “On the Abomination of the Silent Mass.”
“On the Corner-Mass.” Continuation of the Conflict.
First Attacks. “On the Abomination of the Silent Mass.”
“On the Corner-Mass.” Continuation of the Conflict.
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