Beyond Indulgences: Luther's Reform of Late Medieval Piety, 1518-1520

Between Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and his excommunication from the church in 1520, he issued twenty-five sermons and treatises on Christian piety, most of them in German. These pastoral writings extended his criticisms of the church beyond indulgences to the practices of confession, p...

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Main Author: Johnson, Anna Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2021]
Series:Early Modern Studies 21
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271091334
Summary:Between Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and his excommunication from the church in 1520, he issued twenty-five sermons and treatises on Christian piety, most of them in German. These pastoral writings extended his criticisms of the church beyond indulgences to the practices of confession, prayer, clerical celibacy, the sacraments, suffering, and death. These were the issues that mattered most to Luther because they affected the faith of believers and the health of society. Luther's conflict with Rome forced him to address the issue of papal authority, but on his own time, he focused on encouraging lay Christians to embrace a simpler, self-sacrificing faith. In these pastoral writings, he criticized theologians and church officials for leading people astray with a reliance on religious works, and he began to lay the foundation for a reformed Christian piety
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
ISBN:9780271091334
DOI:10.1515/9780271091334