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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... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, II, No. 2194b.] When he [Luther] approaches a sick man he converses with him in a very friendly way, bends down as close to him as he can with his whole body, and first inquires about his illness, what his ...
... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, II, No. 2194b.] When he [Luther] approaches a sick man he converses with him in a very friendly way, bends down as close to him as he can with his whole body, and first inquires about his illness, what his ...
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... [Macaronic text: WA, TR, III, No. 3612c.] After he had preached, Dr. Martin [Luther] visited an honorable sick woman, Mrs. Breu, an exile from Leipzig. {117} On account of the death by drowning of her husband she was overcome by such ...
... [Macaronic text: WA, TR, III, No. 3612c.] After he had preached, Dr. Martin [Luther] visited an honorable sick woman, Mrs. Breu, an exile from Leipzig. {117} On account of the death by drowning of her husband she was overcome by such ...
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... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, V, No. 6445.] When Dr. Martin Luther approached a certain honorable matron who was lying on her deathbed, he consoled her in this fashion: “Aunt Lena, do you recognize me and can you hear me?” When she signified ...
... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, V, No. 6445.] When Dr. Martin Luther approached a certain honorable matron who was lying on her deathbed, he consoled her in this fashion: “Aunt Lena, do you recognize me and can you hear me?” When she signified ...
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... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, V, Nos. 5494,5491,5496.] When his daughter was very ill he [Luther] said: “I love her dearly, but if it is thy will, dear God, to take her, I shall be glad to know that she is with thee.” Later, when she was ...
... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, V, Nos. 5494,5491,5496.] When his daughter was very ill he [Luther] said: “I love her dearly, but if it is thy will, dear God, to take her, I shall be glad to know that she is with thee.” Later, when she was ...
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... words were delivered orally rather than in writing and were recorded by Veit Dietrich “as they fell from Luther's ... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, I, No. 949.] The Scriptures do not prohibit mourning and grieving over deceased children. On ...
... words were delivered orally rather than in writing and were recorded by Veit Dietrich “as they fell from Luther's ... [Macaronic text; WA, TR, I, No. 949.] The Scriptures do not prohibit mourning and grieving over deceased children. On ...
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