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The freedom of a Christian, 1520 / Timothy J. Wengert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Luther, Martin, Works ; Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, ©2016Description: xiii , approximately 72 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 150641351X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781506413518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Tractatus de libertate Christiana. English
Subject(s): Summary: Timothy J. Wengert skillfully provides a clear understanding of the historical context from which the treatise The Freedom of a Christian and his accompanying Letter to Pope Leo X arose. As controversy concerning his writings grew, Luther was instructed to write a reconciliation-minded letter to Pope Leo X (1475-1521). To this letter he appended a nonpolemical tract describing the heart of his beliefs, The Freedom of a Christian. Luther's Latin version added an introduction and a lengthy appendix not found in the German edition. The two editions arose out of the different audiences for them: the one addressed to theologians, clerics, and church leaders (for whom Latin was the common language), and one addressed to the German-speaking public, which included the nobility, townsfolk, many from the lesser clergy, and others who could read (or have Luther's writings read to them). (Publisher)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BR331.E5 2015 v.1b 1 Available 31794002785997
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BR331.E5 2015 v.1b Available 35898001716949
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BR331.E5 2015 v.1b 2 Available 35898001666755
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BR331.E5 2015 v.1b 1 Available 31826003521714
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BR331.E5 2015 v.1b 1 Available 31826003479913

Includes bibliographical references.

Excerpted from The Annotated Luther, Volume 1, The Roots of Reform (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2015), Timothy J. Wengert, volume editor (title page verso). Pagination: pages 467-539.

Timothy J. Wengert skillfully provides a clear understanding of the historical context from which the treatise The Freedom of a Christian and his accompanying Letter to Pope Leo X arose. As controversy concerning his writings grew, Luther was instructed to write a reconciliation-minded letter to Pope Leo X (1475-1521). To this letter he appended a nonpolemical tract describing the heart of his beliefs, The Freedom of a Christian. Luther's Latin version added an introduction and a lengthy appendix not found in the German edition. The two editions arose out of the different audiences for them: the one addressed to theologians, clerics, and church leaders (for whom Latin was the common language), and one addressed to the German-speaking public, which included the nobility, townsfolk, many from the lesser clergy, and others who could read (or have Luther's writings read to them). (Publisher)

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