TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luther,Martin
AU  - Luther,Martin
TI  - The freedom of a Christian, 1520
T2  - The Annotated Luther Study Edition
SN  - 150641351X (pbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minnesota
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
N1  - 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; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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)
ER  -