Luther, Volume 3 (of 6)
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LUTHER
A FEW PRESS OPINIONS OF VOLUME I
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XV
1. Luther’s Religious Situation. Was his Reaction a Break with Radicalism?
2. From the Congregational to the State Church Secularisations
Confiscation of Church Property.
Secularisation of the Matrimonial Courts. Against the Lawyers.
Confiscation of Church Property.
Secularisation of the Matrimonial Courts. Against the Lawyers.
3. The Question of the Religious War; Luther’s Vacillating Attitude. The League of Schmalkalden, 1531
Luther on Armed Resistance, until 1530.
The Change of 1530; Influence of the Courts.
The League of Schmalkalden and the Religious Peace of Nuremberg.
Luther and the Religious War in Later Years.
Luther on Armed Resistance, until 1530.
The Change of 1530; Influence of the Courts.
The League of Schmalkalden and the Religious Peace of Nuremberg.
Luther and the Religious War in Later Years.
4. The Turks Without and the Turks [Papists] Within the Empire
Against Assistance for the Turkish War.
In Favour of Assistance for the Turkish War.
Luther on Turks and Papists.
Against Assistance for the Turkish War.
In Favour of Assistance for the Turkish War.
Luther on Turks and Papists.
5. Luther’s Nationalism and Patriotism
CHAPTER XVI
1. Growth of Luther’s Idea of his Divine Mission
Periodic Upheaval of Luther’s Idea of his Divine Mission.
Periodic Upheaval of Luther’s Idea of his Divine Mission.
2. His Mission Alleged against the Papists
The Pope and the Papacy.
The Catholics.
Apocalyptico-Mystic Vesture.
The Pope and the Papacy.
The Catholics.
Apocalyptico-Mystic Vesture.
3. Proofs of the Divine Mission. Miracles and Prophecies
CHAPTER XVII
1. Luther’s Vocation. His Standard of Life
2. Some of Luther’s Practical Principles of Life
Luther on Sin
Luther’s Views on Penance
Luther on Efforts after Higher Virtue.
Luther’s “Pecca fortiter.”
Luther on Sin
Luther’s Views on Penance
Luther on Efforts after Higher Virtue.
Luther’s “Pecca fortiter.”
3. Luther’s Admissions Concerning His own Practice of Virtue
4. The Table-Talk and the First Notes of the same
The Pith of the New Religion. Doubts on Faith.
The Pith of the New Religion. Doubts on Faith.
5. On Marriage and Sexuality
The Necessity of Marriage.
The “Miracle” of Voluntary and Chaste Celibacy.
Luther’s Loosening of the Marriage Tie.
Polygamy.
Toleration for Concubinage? Matrimony no Sacrament.
Luther on Matters Sexual.
The Necessity of Marriage.
The “Miracle” of Voluntary and Chaste Celibacy.
Luther’s Loosening of the Marriage Tie.
Polygamy.
Toleration for Concubinage? Matrimony no Sacrament.
Luther on Matters Sexual.
6. Contemporary Complaints. Later False Reports
Had Luther three children of his own apart from those born of his union with Bora?
Luther and Catherine Bora.
Did Luther indulge in “the Worst Orgies” with the Escaped Nuns in the Black Monastery of Wittenberg?
The Passages “which will not bear repetition.”
Did Luther, as a Young Monk, say that he would push on until he could wed a Girl?
Luther’s stay as a boy in Cotta’s house at Eisenach no ground for a charge of immorality.
Did Luther describe the lot of the Hog as the most enviable Goal of Happiness?
Did Luther allow as valid Marriage between Brother and Sister?
Did Luther Recommend People to Pray for Many Wives and Few Children?
Did Luther include Wives in the “Daily Bread” of the Our Father?
Was Luther the originator of the proverb: “Who loves not woman, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long”?
Luther and Catherine Bora.
Did Luther indulge in “the Worst Orgies” with the Escaped Nuns in the Black Monastery of Wittenberg?
The Passages “which will not bear repetition.”
Did Luther, as a Young Monk, say that he would push on until he could wed a Girl?
Luther’s stay as a boy in Cotta’s house at Eisenach no ground for a charge of immorality.
Did Luther describe the lot of the Hog as the most enviable Goal of Happiness?
Did Luther allow as valid Marriage between Brother and Sister?
Did Luther Recommend People to Pray for Many Wives and Few Children?
Did Luther include Wives in the “Daily Bread” of the Our Father?
Was Luther the originator of the proverb: “Who loves not woman, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long”?
7. The “Good Drink”
Unsatisfactory Witnesses.
Other Witnesses, Friendly and Hostile.
Luther’s Own Comments on the “Good Drink.”
Witnesses to Luther’s Temperate Habits.
From the Cellar and the Tap-Room.
Unsatisfactory Witnesses.
Other Witnesses, Friendly and Hostile.
Luther’s Own Comments on the “Good Drink.”
Witnesses to Luther’s Temperate Habits.
From the Cellar and the Tap-Room.
CHAPTER XVIII
1. Melanchthon in the Service of Lutheranism, 1518-30
Earlier Relations of Luther with Melanchthon.
Melanchthon at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530.
Melanchthon, the “Erasmian” Intermediary.
Earlier Relations of Luther with Melanchthon.
Melanchthon at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530.
Melanchthon, the “Erasmian” Intermediary.
2. Disagreements and Accord between Luther and Melanchthon
Disagreements.
Points of Accord between Melanchthon and Luther.
Disagreements.
Points of Accord between Melanchthon and Luther.
3. Melanchthon at the Zenith of His Career. His Mental Sufferings
Favourable Traits.
Melanchthon’s Relations with Luther.
Favourable Traits.
Melanchthon’s Relations with Luther.
CHAPTER XIX
1. Zwingli and the Controversy on the Supper
2. Carlstadt
3. Johann Agricola, Jacob Schenk, and Johann Egranus
4. Bugenhagen, Jonas and others
CHAPTER XX
1. Zürich, Münster, the Wittenberg Concord, 1536
2. Efforts in view of a Council. Vergerio visits Luther
3. The Schmalkalden Assembly of 1537. Luther’s Illness
4. Luther’s Spirit in Melanchthon
4. Luther’s Spirit in Melanchthon
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