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Three Treatises by Luther: An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, & The Freedom of the Christian

Three Treatises by Luther: An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, & The Freedom of the Christian

Wedgeworth, Steven
Luther, Martin

Paperback

Series: Christian Heritage

General Christianity

ISBN10: 1947644688
ISBN13: 9781947644687
Publisher: Canon Pr
Published: Feb 1 2021
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Luther is lyrical, even ecstatic, as he proclaims the benefits of justification by faith alone...The three treatises are short reads. It would not be unfair to refer to them as pamphlets. But they are surely the weightiest pamphlets in Christian history. from Wedgeworth's Introduction


Luther was not just a firebrand who riled up the establishment and accidentally started a religious movement. In these three treatises, we get a full picture of what Luther stood for and what he stood against. In his An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility, he explains the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers and calls upon German princes to reform the church, since the Papacy refused to do so. Then in The Babylonian Captivity of the Church he attacks the sacramental system of the Roman Catholic church and explains that the Lord's Supper is not a sacrifice made to God, but an offering of the promise to the people. He calls for them to feed the people the bread and wine again. Finally, in his inspiring On the Freedom of the Christian, Luther proclaims the heart of the Reformation: the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Because God has saved us once and for all from our sins and no works can increase our salvation, we are free to love both God and our neighbor, not from a spirit of fear, but out of gratitude for everything God has done for us. Read these works and be inspired.

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