Luther (vol 5 of 6)

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Author

Grisar, Hartmann, 1845-1932

Title

Luther, vol. 5 of 6

Credits

Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Garcia, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity

Subject

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

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Text

eBook-No.

49171

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49171

Release Date

June 9, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.LUTHER — A FEW PRESS OPINIONS OF VOLUMES I-IV.
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER XXIX — 1. Preliminaries. New Foundations of Morality — 2. The two Poles: the Law and the Gospel — 3. Encounter with the Antinomianism of Agricola — 4. The Certainty of Salvation and its relation to Morality — Certainty of Salvation as the cause and aim of True Morality. The Psychological Explanation — Luther’s Last Sermons at Eisleben on the Great Questions of Morality — Some notable Omissions of Luther’s in the above Sermons on Morality — Luther’s Vacillation between the Two Faiths, Old and New, in the Matter of Morality and the Assurance of Salvation — 5. Abasement of Practical Christianity — Lower Moral Standards — Annulment of the Supernatural and Abasement of the Natural Order — The Book of Concord on the Curtailment of Free-Will. — Christianity merely Inward. The Church Sundered from the World — Divorce of Religion and Morals — The Lack of Obligation and Sanction — 6. The part played by Conscience and Personality. Luther’s warfare with his old friend Caspar Schwenckfeld — On Conscience and its Exercise in General — The Help of Conscience at Critical Junctures — Conscience in the Religious Question of the Day — Luther’s Warfare with his old friend Caspar Schwenckfeld — 7. Self-Improvement and the Reformation of the Church — Did Luther Found a School of True Christian Life? — A Lutheran Theologian on the Lack of any Teaching Concerning “Emancipation from the World” — The Means of Self-Reform and their Reverse Side — Self-Reform and Hatred of the Foe — Companion-Phenomena of his Hate — Kindlier Traits and Episodes — The Reformation of the Church and Luther’s Ethics — The Reformation in the Duchy of Saxony considered as typical — The Aims of the Reformation and the Currents of the Age — 8. The Church Apart of the True Believers — Luther’s Theory of the Church Apart prior to 1526 — The Church Apart replaced by the Popular Church Supported by the State — 9. Public Worship. Questions of Ritual — 10. Schwenckfeld as a Critic of the Ethical Results of Luther’s Life-work — On the hoped-for Moral Revival — Further Complaints of Schwenckfeld’s. The Ethical Doctrines — Schwenckfeld on the Popular Church and the New Divine Service
6. 6.CHAPTER XXX — 1. The Great Victories of 1540-1544. — 2. Sad Forebodings — 3. Provisions for the Future — A Protestant Council? — Luther’s Attitude towards the Consistories introduced in 1539 — Luther seeks to introduce the so-called Lesser Excommunication — The want of a Hierarchy. Ordinations — 4. Consecration of Nicholas Amsdorf as “Evangelical Bishop” of Naumburg (1542) — The Ceremony at Naumburg — Luther’s booklet on the Consecration of Bishops — Excerpts from Luther’s Letters to the New “Bishop” — 5. Some Further Deeds of Violence. Fate of Ecclesiastical Works of Art — End of the Bishopric of Meissen — Destruction of Church Property — Luther and the Images — Further details regarding the Fate of the Works of Art and of Art itself
7. 7.CHAPTER XXXI — 1. His Persistent Depression in Later Years Persecution Mania and Morbid Fancies — His Depression and Pessimism — Some of the Grounds for His Lowness of Spirits — Suspicion and Mania of Persecution — Luther’s Single-handed Struggle with the Powers of Evil — 2. Luther’s Fanatical Expectation of the End of the World. His hopeless Pessimism — Reason and Ground of Luther’s Conviction of the near End of the World — The End of the World in the Table-Talk — 3. Melanchthon under the Double Burden, of Luther’s Personality and his own Life’s Work — Some of Melanchthon’s Deliverances — Melanchthon’s Strictures on Luther. His “Bondage” — Melanchthon’s Last Years — Review of Melanchthon’s Religious Position as a whole — Melanchthon Legends — 4. Demonology and Demonomania — The Mischief Wrought by the Devil — On all that the Devil is able to do — On the Abode of the Devil; his Shapes and Kinds — The Devil and the Witches — Luther’s Devil-mania; its Connection with his Character and his Doctrine — The Weapons to be used against the Devil — 5. The Psychology of Luther’s Jests and Satire — Humour in his Writings and at his Home — Humour a Necessity to Luther in his Struggle with Others and with Himself — More on the Nature of Luther’s Jests
8. 8.CHAPTER XXXII — 1. On Luther’s “Temptations” in General — 2. The Subject-matter of the “Temptations” — 3. An Episode. Terrors of Conscience become Temptations of the Devil — Schlaginhaufen and Luther — From Remorse of Conscience to Onslaughts of the Devil — 4. Progress of his Mental Sufferings until their Flood-tide in 1527-1528 — The Period Previous to 1527 — The Height of the Storm, 1527-28 — The Trouble Continues — Outbursts and Relief — 5. The Ten Years from 1528-38. How to win back Peace of Conscience — The Years Previous to 1537 — “ I should have Died without any Struggle ” — The “Struggles by Day and by Night” gradually Wane — How to find Peace of Conscience — 6. Luther on his Faith, his Doctrine and his Doubts, particularly in his Later Years — Luther’s Notion of Faith — Luther as Pictured by Himself during Later Years — Earlier Undated Statements — Luther’s Pretended Condemnations of his whole Life-work
9. 9.CHAPTER XXXIII — 1. Steps taken and Tracts Published subsequent to 1537 against the Council of the Church — 2. “Wider das Bapstum zu Rom vom Teuffel Gestifft.” The Papacy renews its Strength — 3. Some Sayings of Luther’s on the Council and his own Authority — 4. Notable Movements of the Times accompanied by Luther with “Abuse and Defiance down to the very Grave.” The Caricatures — Brunswick, Cleves, the Schmalkalden Leaguers — The Zwinglian “Sacramentarians” — Calvin — “ On the Jews and their Lies. ” “ On Shem Hammephorash ,” 1543 — Comparison with an earlier Jewish writing of Luther’s — Some special motives for his Polemics against the Jews — The Third Work against the Jews, 1543 — Against the Turks — The Hideous Caricatures of “Popery Pictured”
10. 10.CHAPTER XXXIV — 1. Towards a Christianity void of Dogma. Protestant Opinions — (a) Protestant Critics on Luther’s Abandonment of Individual Christian Dogmas and of the Olden Conception of Faith — ( b ) The Melting away of Luther’s Dogmas viewed in the Light of Protestant Criticism — Original Sin and Unfreedom; Law and Gospel; Penance — Luther’s Doctrine of Justification and Good Works, as seen by Protestant Critics — Luther’s Doctrine of Merit in the Eyes of Protestant Critics — Luther’s teaching on the Sacraments and on the Supper according to Protestant Teaching — Luther’s views on the Church and on Divine Worship according to Protestant Criticism — 2. Luther as a Popular Religious Writer. The Catechism — His Collected Works; his New Edition of the Church-Postils — Good Points and Shortcomings of Luther’s Popular Works — The Catechism — Luther’s Catechism and Ecclesiastical Antiquity — 3. The German Bible — The Work of Translation and its Conclusion — On the Language and the Learning Displayed in Luther’s Bible — Luther’s German Bible Considered Theologically — Psychological Aspects of Luther’s Work on the German Bible — The Bible in the Ages before Luther — 4. Luther’s Hymns
11. 11.CHAPTER XXXV — 1. Historical Outlines for Judging of his Social Work — 2. The State and the State Church — Was Luther the Founder of the Modern State? — The Prince as Absolute Patriarch — Luther’s Real Merit and his Claims — Other Factors which assisted in the Establishment of the State-Church — Significance of the Visitation and Inquisition held in the Saxon Electorate — Luther’s Misgivings in the Preface to the Visitors’ Directions — Divergent Currents — Conclusion
12. 12.FOOTNOTES:

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