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On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

...CTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it i... ... interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In A... ...otal position of the Romans. In An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther demolished the three walls behind which Rome sat entrenched in her... ...rth, in language of almost lyrical rapture, The Freedom of a Christian. 2 Luther was thinking of such a treatise long before it was written. In the... ... controversial works, and died in 1528. The title of the tract is Revocatio Martini Lutheri Augustiniani ad sanctam sedem [The Recantation of the Au... ...i Lutheri Augustiniani ad sanctam sedem [The Recantation of the Augustinian Martin Luther before the Holy See]. Its date is November 22, 1519, at Cre... ...hird came from the facile pen of Bertram Lee Woolf (Reformation Writings of Martin Luther: Vol. I, The Basis of the Protestant Reformation) and was ... ...e is in WA 6, 497–573. THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH A Prelude of Martin Luther on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church Jesus Martin Lu... ... OF ROME. WA D. Martin Luthers Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe (Weimar, 1883– ). 1 Tulic...

...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they sho...

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