...ederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courage... ...CTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it i... ... for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s pro... ... interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In A... ...ok is therefore only a skirmish preliminary to the main engagement, or, as a musician might say, a mere prelude introducing the main theme of the sui... ... controversial works, and died in 1528. The title of the tract is Revocatio Martini Lutheri Augustiniani ad sanctam sedem [The Recantation of the Au... ...i Lutheri Augustiniani ad sanctam sedem [The Recantation of the Augustinian Martin Luther before the Holy See]. Its date is November 22, 1519, at Cre... ...9–31. 31 Cf. p. 15. 32 St. Augustine (354–430), bishop of Hippo in North Africa. 33 Sermo 112, cap. 5. Migne 38, 645. 34 Luther’s reference to... ... Besides the celebrant there need be present only a ministrant. There is no music; the mass is only read. 106 The res sacramenti. Cf. p. 23 n. 45. ...

...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they sho...

...“Rise up then, you popish flatterers, one and all! Get busy and defend yourselves against the charges of impiety, tyranny, and lèse-majesté against the gospel, and of the crime of slandering your brethren. You decry as heretics those who refuse to contravene such plain and powerful words of Scripture in order to acknowledge t...