1. Preliminaries. New Foundations of Morality

2. The two Poles: the Law and the Gospel

3. Encounter with the Antinomianism of Agricola

4. The Certainty of Salvation and its relation to Morality

Certainty of Salvation as the cause and aim of True Morality. The Psychological Explanation

Luther’s Last Sermons at Eisleben on the Great Questions of Morality

Some notable Omissions of Luther’s in the above Sermons on Morality

Luther’s Vacillation between the Two Faiths, Old and New, in the Matter of Morality and the Assurance of Salvation

5. Abasement of Practical Christianity

Lower Moral Standards

Annulment of the Supernatural and Abasement of the Natural Order

The Book of Concord on the Curtailment of Free-Will.

Christianity merely Inward. The Church Sundered from the World

Divorce of Religion and Morals

The Lack of Obligation and Sanction

6. The part played by Conscience and Personality. Luther’s warfare with his old friend Caspar Schwenckfeld

On Conscience and its Exercise in General

The Help of Conscience at Critical Junctures

Conscience in the Religious Question of the Day

Luther’s Warfare with his old friend Caspar Schwenckfeld

7. Self-Improvement and the Reformation of the Church

Did Luther Found a School of True Christian Life?

A Lutheran Theologian on the Lack of any Teaching Concerning “Emancipation from the World”

The Means of Self-Reform and their Reverse Side

Self-Reform and Hatred of the Foe

Companion-Phenomena of his Hate

Kindlier Traits and Episodes

The Reformation of the Church and Luther’s Ethics

The Reformation in the Duchy of Saxony considered as typical

The Aims of the Reformation and the Currents of the Age

8. The Church Apart of the True Believers

Luther’s Theory of the Church Apart prior to 1526

The Church Apart replaced by the Popular Church Supported by the State

9. Public Worship. Questions of Ritual

10. Schwenckfeld as a Critic of the Ethical Results of Luther’s Life-work

On the hoped-for Moral Revival

Further Complaints of Schwenckfeld’s. The Ethical Doctrines

Schwenckfeld on the Popular Church and the New Divine Service

1. The Great Victories of 1540-1544.

2. Sad Forebodings

3. Provisions for the Future

A Protestant Council?

Luther’s Attitude towards the Consistories introduced in 1539

Luther seeks to introduce the so-called Lesser Excommunication

The want of a Hierarchy. Ordinations

4. Consecration of Nicholas Amsdorf as “Evangelical Bishop” of Naumburg (1542)

The Ceremony at Naumburg

Luther’s booklet on the Consecration of Bishops

Excerpts from Luther’s Letters to the New “Bishop”

5. Some Further Deeds of Violence. Fate of Ecclesiastical Works of Art

End of the Bishopric of Meissen

Destruction of Church Property

Luther and the Images

Further details regarding the Fate of the Works of Art and of Art itself

1. His Persistent Depression in Later Years Persecution Mania and Morbid Fancies

His Depression and Pessimism

Some of the Grounds for His Lowness of Spirits

Suspicion and Mania of Persecution

Luther’s Single-handed Struggle with the Powers of Evil

2. Luther’s Fanatical Expectation of the End of the World. His hopeless Pessimism

Reason and Ground of Luther’s Conviction of the near End of the World

The End of the World in the Table-Talk

3. Melanchthon under the Double Burden, of Luther’s Personality and his own Life’s Work

Some of Melanchthon’s Deliverances

Melanchthon’s Strictures on Luther. His “Bondage”

Melanchthon’s Last Years

Review of Melanchthon’s Religious Position as a whole

Melanchthon Legends

4. Demonology and Demonomania

The Mischief Wrought by the Devil

On all that the Devil is able to do

On the Abode of the Devil; his Shapes and Kinds

The Devil and the Witches

Luther’s Devil-mania; its Connection with his Character and his Doctrine

The Weapons to be used against the Devil

5. The Psychology of Luther’s Jests and Satire

Humour in his Writings and at his Home

Humour a Necessity to Luther in his Struggle with Others and with Himself

More on the Nature of Luther’s Jests

1. On Luther’s “Temptations” in General

2. The Subject-matter of the “Temptations”

3. An Episode. Terrors of Conscience become Temptations of the Devil

Schlaginhaufen and Luther

From Remorse of Conscience to Onslaughts of the Devil

4. Progress of his Mental Sufferings until their Flood-tide in 1527-1528

The Period Previous to 1527

The Height of the Storm, 1527-28

The Trouble Continues

Outbursts and Relief

5. The Ten Years from 1528-38. How to win back Peace of Conscience

The Years Previous to 1537

“I should have Died without any Struggle”

The “Struggles by Day and by Night” gradually Wane

How to find Peace of Conscience

6. Luther on his Faith, his Doctrine and his Doubts, particularly in his Later Years

Luther’s Notion of Faith

Luther as Pictured by Himself during Later Years

Earlier Undated Statements

Luther’s Pretended Condemnations of his whole Life-work

1. Steps taken and Tracts Published subsequent to 1537 against the Council of the Church

2. “Wider das Bapstum zu Rom vom Teuffel Gestifft.” The Papacy renews its Strength

3. Some Sayings of Luther’s on the Council and his own Authority

4. Notable Movements of the Times accompanied by Luther with “Abuse and Defiance down to the very Grave.” The Caricatures

Brunswick, Cleves, the Schmalkalden Leaguers

The Zwinglian “Sacramentarians”

Calvin

“On the Jews and their Lies.” “On Shem Hammephorash,” 1543

Comparison with an earlier Jewish writing of Luther’s

Some special motives for his Polemics against the Jews

The Third Work against the Jews, 1543

Against the Turks

The Hideous Caricatures of “Popery Pictured”

1. Towards a Christianity void of Dogma. Protestant Opinions

(a) Protestant Critics on Luther’s Abandonment of Individual Christian Dogmas and of the Olden Conception of Faith

(b) The Melting away of Luther’s Dogmas viewed in the Light of Protestant Criticism

Original Sin and Unfreedom; Law and Gospel; Penance

Luther’s Doctrine of Justification and Good Works, as seen by Protestant Critics

Luther’s Doctrine of Merit in the Eyes of Protestant Critics

Luther’s teaching on the Sacraments and on the Supper according to Protestant Teaching

Luther’s views on the Church and on Divine Worship according to Protestant Criticism

2. Luther as a Popular Religious Writer. The Catechism

His Collected Works; his New Edition of the Church-Postils

Good Points and Shortcomings of Luther’s Popular Works

The Catechism

Luther’s Catechism and Ecclesiastical Antiquity

3. The German Bible

The Work of Translation and its Conclusion

On the Language and the Learning Displayed in Luther’s Bible

Luther’s German Bible Considered Theologically

Psychological Aspects of Luther’s Work on the German Bible

The Bible in the Ages before Luther

4. Luther’s Hymns

1. Historical Outlines for Judging of his Social Work

2. The State and the State Church

Was Luther the Founder of the Modern State?

The Prince as Absolute Patriarch

Luther’s Real Merit and his Claims

Other Factors which assisted in the Establishment of the State-Church

Significance of the Visitation and Inquisition held in the Saxon Electorate

Luther’s Misgivings in the Preface to the Visitors’ Directions

Divergent Currents

Conclusion