Luther: Letters of Spiritual CounselPickle Partners Publishing, 2018 M09 3 - 349 pages Martin Luther is often thought of as a world-shaking figure who defied papacy and empire to introduce a reformation in the teaching, worship, organization, and life of the church. Sometimes it is forgotten that he was also a pastor and shepherd of souls. Collected in this volume are Luther’s letters of spiritual counsel, which he offered to his contemporaries in the midst of sickness, death, persecution, imprisonment, famine, and political instability. For Luther, spiritual counsel was about establishing, nurturing, and strengthening faith. Freshly translated from the original German and Latin, these letters shed light on the fascinating relationship between his pastoral counsel and his theology. “Since spiritual direction is not the wholesale application of general principles, but the painstaking working out of spirituality in specific situations, the personal letter is one of its best expressions. Luther knew the holy gospel and the human heart, and the double knowledge is evident on the pages of these letters.”—Eugene H. Peterson, Regent College |
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... Holy Communion disappear{13} and vigils and Masses for the dead are discontinued.{14} Although the calling of clergymen is held in the highest esteem, the medieval distinction between clergy and laity largely disappears. Laymen as well ...
... Holy Communion disappear{13} and vigils and Masses for the dead are discontinued.{14} Although the calling of clergymen is held in the highest esteem, the medieval distinction between clergy and laity largely disappears. Laymen as well ...
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... sadness.”{30} There are also spiritual weapons with which to counteract spiritual trials and temptations. “Read something in the Holy Scriptures,” Luther advised. “Although you may be disinclined (for Satan tries to hinder.
... sadness.”{30} There are also spiritual weapons with which to counteract spiritual trials and temptations. “Read something in the Holy Scriptures,” Luther advised. “Although you may be disinclined (for Satan tries to hinder.
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... Holy Communion under the form of bread alone? May Communion be celebrated privately in a house as well as publicly in a church? May a man put aside his leprous wife and marry again? Should the unbelieving be buried in a churchyard with ...
... Holy Communion under the form of bread alone? May Communion be celebrated privately in a house as well as publicly in a church? May a man put aside his leprous wife and marry again? Should the unbelieving be buried in a churchyard with ...
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... ] To the most illustrious prince and lord, Frederick, duke of Saxony, archmarshal and elector of the Holy Roman Empire, landgrave of Thuringia, margrave of Meissen, my very gracious I — Comfort for the Sick and Dying ...
... ] To the most illustrious prince and lord, Frederick, duke of Saxony, archmarshal and elector of the Holy Roman Empire, landgrave of Thuringia, margrave of Meissen, my very gracious I — Comfort for the Sick and Dying ...
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... holy Word, which he has richly and graciously given us at this time. If it is his divine will that you should postpone that better life and continue to suffer with us in this troubled and unhappy vale of tears, to see and hear sorrow ...
... holy Word, which he has richly and graciously given us at this time. If it is his divine will that you should postpone that better life and continue to suffer with us in this troubled and unhappy vale of tears, to see and hear sorrow ...
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