
The Reformation
Martin Luther(Author)
Bradford Littlejohn(Editor)
Roman Roads Press
Published on 2. December 2023
Book
Hardback
700 pages
978-1-944482-36-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Reformation Reader accompanies The Reformation unit of Old Western Culture, a great books curriculum by Roman Roads Press. Containing 25 Reformation era texts and Renaissance poetry, with introductions by Dr. W. Bradford Littlejohn situating each text in history, this Reader offers a unique, primary-source approach to the Reformation.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1148 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-944482-36-7 (9781944482367)
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Martin Luther was a German clergyman, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar who lived from 10 November 1483 to 18 February 1546. He was a pivotal player in the Protestant Reformation, and his theological convictions served as the foundation for Lutheranism. In 1507, Luther became ordained as a member of the clergy. He began to criticize various Roman Catholic Church teachings and practices, particularly the perspective on indulgences. In his Ninety-five Theses of 1517, Luther urged an academic examination of the practice and efficacy of indulgences. His refusal to disavow all of his publications at the request of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 ended in his excommunication by the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor's sentencing as an outlaw. Luther died in 1546, with Pope Leo X still excommunicating him. Luther preached that redemption, and hence eternal life, are not won through good works, but are only gained as a free gift of God's grace through the believer's faith in Jesus Christ, the redeemer from sin.