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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... Latin and Greek texts with ease and familiarity, the translation of selected portions of earlier Christian literature into modern GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE ...
... Latin and Greek texts with ease and familiarity, the translation of selected portions of earlier Christian literature into modern GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE ...
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... Latin form, with the request that he translate it freely into German for the elector's use. Afterward, early in 1520, it was published. Following is the dedicatory epistle that accompanied the original draft. [Text in Latin; WA, VI ...
... Latin form, with the request that he translate it freely into German for the elector's use. Afterward, early in 1520, it was published. Following is the dedicatory epistle that accompanied the original draft. [Text in Latin; WA, VI ...
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... [Text in Latin; WA, Br, IV, 221, 222.] To the esteemed gentleman, Mr. George Spalatin, servant of Christ in Altenburg, my dear brother in the Lord: grace and peace in Christ. My dear Spalatin: Oral and written reports have come here that ...
... [Text in Latin; WA, Br, IV, 221, 222.] To the esteemed gentleman, Mr. George Spalatin, servant of Christ in Altenburg, my dear brother in the Lord: grace and peace in Christ. My dear Spalatin: Oral and written reports have come here that ...
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... [Text in Latin; WA, Br, VII, 147,148.] To the venerable brother in the Lord, Urban Rhegius, sincere and faithful minister of Christ in Celle, Saxony: grace and peace in Christ, who is our peace and solace. My dear Urban: Your report that ...
... [Text in Latin; WA, Br, VII, 147,148.] To the venerable brother in the Lord, Urban Rhegius, sincere and faithful minister of Christ in Celle, Saxony: grace and peace in Christ, who is our peace and solace. My dear Urban: Your report that ...
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... [Text in Latin: WA, Br, VII, 319, 320.] To Mr. Bernard, sincere pastor of the church in Dinkelsbühl: grace and peace in the Lord. My dear Pastor: A brother in the Lord brought me your letter, and with it your question concerning a ...
... [Text in Latin: WA, Br, VII, 319, 320.] To Mr. Bernard, sincere pastor of the church in Dinkelsbühl: grace and peace in the Lord. My dear Pastor: A brother in the Lord brought me your letter, and with it your question concerning a ...
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