Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II)

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Martin Luther. Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II)

A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY AND TRUE BODY OF CHRIST AND CONCERNING THE BROTHERHOODS

INTRODUCTION

A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY AND TRUE BODY OF CHRIST AND CONCERNING THE BROTHERHOODS

A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BAN

INTRODUCTION

A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BAN

JESUS

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN NOBILITY OF THE GERMAN NATION CONCERNING THE REFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN ESTATE

INTRODUCTION

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN NOBILITY OF THE GERMAN NATION CONCERNING THE REFORM OF THE CHRISTIAN ESTATE

A PRELUDE ON THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH

INTRODUCTION

THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH

JESUS

A TREATISE ON CHRISTIAN LIBERTY WITH A LETTER TO POPE LEO X

INTRODUCTION

LETTER TO POPE LEO X. JESUS

A TREATISE ON CHRISTIAN LIBERTY

A BRIEF EXPLANATION (EINE KURZE FORM) OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE CREED, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER

INTRODUCTION

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE CREED, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER

PREFACE

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

THE EIGHT WITTENBERG SERMONS

INTRODUCTION

EIGHT SERMONS BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER

THE FIRST SERMON

THE SECOND SERMON

THE THIRD SERMON

THE FOURTH SERMON WEDNESDAY AFTER INVOCAVIT

THE FIFTH SERMON: A SERMON ON THE SACRAMENT THURSDAY AFTER INVOCAVIT

THE SIXTH SERMON FRIDAY AFTER INVOCAVIT

THE SEVENTH SERMON SATURDAY BEFORE REMINISCERE

THE EIGHTH SERMON

THAT DOCTRINES OF MEN ARE TO BE REJECTED

INTRODUCTION

THAT WE ARE TO REJECT THE DOCTRINES OF MEN:

A REPLY TO TEXTS QUOTED IN DEFENSE OF THE DOCTRINES OF MEN

INDEX

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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This treatise belongs to a series of four which appeared in the latter half of the year 1519, the others treating of the Ban, Penance, and Baptism. The latter two with our treatise form a trilogy which Luther dedicates to the Duchess Margaret of Braunschweig and Lüneburg.

He undertakes the work, as he says, "because there are so many troubled and distressed ones—and I myself have had the experience—who do not know what the holy sacraments, full of all grace, are, nor how to use them, but, alas! presume upon quieting their consciences with their works, instead of seeking peace in God's grace through the holy sacrament; so completely are the holy sacraments obscured and withdrawn from us by the teaching of men."1

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So far we have been getting an idea of how they deal with livings which become vacant. But for tender-hearted Avarice the vacancies are too few, and so he brings his foresight to bear upon the benefices which are still occupied by their incumbents, so that they must be unfilled, even though they are not unfilled165. And this he does in many ways, as follows:

First, He lies in wait for fat prebends or bishoprics which are held by an old or a sick man, or by one with an alleged disability. To such an incumbent, without his desire or consent, the Holy See gives a coadjutor, i. e., an "assistant," or the coadjutor's benefit, because he is a "papal servant," or has paid for the position, or has earned it by some other ignoble service to Rome. In this case the rights of the chapter or the rights of him who has the bestowal of the living166 must be surrendered, and the whole thing all into the hands of Rome.

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