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What do you all think of Martin Luther's works? I ordered one volume (9) today.
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I find Luther quite intriguing and an interesting read. Luther's "Bondage of the Will" is one the top 5 most important books in the history of man.
I have his sermons but they are not indexed which has greatly disappointed me. Same with Spurgeon's Encyclopedia of sermons.
I find Luther quite intriguing and an interesting read. Luther's "Bondage of the Will" is one the top 5 most important books in the history of man.
I have that; but the only thing I have read by him so far is the commentary on Romans - which I fought was very good (mind you, it was about 7 years ago). He (like Calvin) seems to be fairly easy to read, or at least he is in the bits of his works I have skimmed through in libraries.
I find Luther quite intriguing and an interesting read. Luther's "Bondage of the Will" is one the top 5 most important books in the history of man.
I have that; but the only thing I have read by him so far is the commentary on Romans - which I fought was very good (mind you, it was about 7 years ago). He (like Calvin) seems to be fairly easy to read, or at least he is in the bits of his works I have skimmed through in libraries.
His Commentary on Galatians is a must have!!! Luther is an engaging writer. I find him to be a German Knox.
What do you all think of Martin Luther's works? I ordered one volume (9) today.
Be a little cautious with the Tabletalk(s). They are generally regarded as less reliable indicators of Luther's theology. There are text-critical problems for starters. They are, or can be, fun and suggestive of important ideas in Luther's thought.
Plus, do you really want to get your introduction to Luther from things he said after too many beers? Some of his comments sound as if he indulged in too much of Katie's product from their basement brewery that they ran and managed.
[Martin Luther said,] “Christ was an adulterer for the first time with the woman at the well, for it was said, ‘Nobody knows what he’s doing with her’ [John 4:27]. Again [he was an adulterer] with Magdalene, and still again with the adulterous woman in John 8 [:2–11], whom he let off so easily. So the good Christ had to become an adulterer before he died.”
Luther, M. (1999, c1967). Vol. 54: Luther's works, vol. 54 : Table Talk (J. J. Pelikan, H. C. Oswald & H. T. Lehmann, Ed.). Luther's Works (54:154). Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
This entry has been cited against Luther, among others by Arnold Lunn in The Revolt Against Reason (New York: Sheed & Ward, 1951), pp. 45, 257, 258. What Luther meant might have been made clearer if John Schlaginhaufen had indicated the context of the Reformer’s remarks. The probable context is suggested in a sermon of 1536 (WA 41, 647) in which Luther asserted that Christ was reproached by the world as a glutton, a winebibber, and even an adulterer.
I am just off the phone with Martin Foulner who is going to send me a few of the volumes on the Christian and Society that Luther wrote for $5 each. Great.