Luther, vol. 6 of 6

About this eBook

Author

Grisar, Hartmann, 1845-1932

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Produced by 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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54811

Release Date

May 30, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.A FEW PRESS OPINIONS OF VOLUMES I-V.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.LUTHER
6. 6.CHAPTER XXXV ( Continued ) LUTHER’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIETY AND EDUCATION — 3. Elementary Schools and Higher Education — Luther’s Appeals on Behalf of the Schools — Polemical Trend of Luther’s Pedagogics — Luther’s Educational Plans — The Decline of the Schools Following in the Wake of the Innovations — Higher Education before Luther’s Day — Luther’s Success — 4. Benevolence and Relief of the Poor — At the Close of the Middle Ages — Luther’s Efforts. The Primary Cause of their Failure — A Second Stumbling Block: Lack of Organisation — Influence of Luther’s Ethics. Robbery of Church Property Proves a Curse — Some Recent Excuses — 5. Luther’s Attitude towards Worldly Callings — Luther’s Pessimism Regarding Various Callings. The Peasants — The Psychological Background. Luther’s Estrangement from Whole Classes of Society — The Merchant Class — Influence of Old-Testament Ideas — Usury and Interest — Luther on Unearned Incomes and Annuities
7. 7.CHAPTER XXXVI THE DARKER SIDE OF LUTHER’S INNER LIFE. HIS AILMENTS — 1. Early Sufferings, Bodily and Mental — Fits of Fear; Palpitations; Swoons — Nervousness and other Ailments — The so-called Temptations no Mere Morbid Phenomena — 2. Psychic Problems of Luther’s Religious Development — Temptations to Despair — The Shadow of Pseudo-Mysticism — Other Ordeals — Summary — 3. Ghosts, Delusions, Apparitions of the Devil — The Statements Concerning Luther’s Intercourse with the Beyond — The Disputation with the Devil on the Mass — Possession and Exorcism — 4. Revelation and Illusion. Morbid Trains of Thought — Luther’s Insistence on Private Revelation — Some Apparent Withdrawals — The “Temptations” as one of Luther’s Bulwarks — Three Perverted Theories Dominating Luther’s Outlook — Other Abnormal Lines of Thought and Behaviour — 5. Luther’s Psychology according to Physicians and Historians — Addendum. Some Medical Opinions on Nervous Degeneration, and Abnormal Ideas.
8. 8.CHAPTER XXXVII LUTHER’S LATER EMBELLISHMENT OF HIS EARLY LIFE — 1. Luther’s later Picture of his Convent Life and Apostasy — The Legend about his First Public Appearance — The Legend about his Years of Monkish Piety — 2. The Reality. Luther’s Falsification of History — Monastic Days of Peace and Happiness. The Vows and their Breach — Some Doubtful Virtues — Luther’s Alterations of the Facts — The Monkish Nightmare — 3. The Legend receives its last touch; how it was used
9. 9.CHAPTER XXXVIII END OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THE CHURCH-UNSEEN AND THE VISIBLE CHURCH-BY-LAW — 1. From Religious Licence to Religious Constraint — Freedom as the Watchword — Intolerance Towards Catholics in Theory and Practice — Threats of Bloody Reprisals against Papists, Priestlings and Monks — The Death-Penalty Sectarians within the New Fold — Luther’s Self-justification and Excuses — Compulsory Attendance at Church — Opinions of Protestant Historians — Luther’s Spirit in his Fellows — 2. Luther as Judge — The Conceit and the Obstinacy of the “Heretics” — “Heretics” who cannot be sure of their Cause — Where are your Miracles? — His Anger with Lemnius and Others — 3. The Church-Unseen, its Origin and Early History — Invisibility of Luther’s Church — The Marks of the Church. Gradual Disappearance of the Old Conception of the Church — Origin and Early Outbuilding of the New Idea of the Church — Luther’s Later Attitude Towards the Idea of the Church. Objections — 4. The Church becomes visible. Its organisation — 5. Luther’s Tactics in Questions concerning the Church — The Erfurt Preachers in a Tight Place — Controversies with the Catholics on the Question of the Church — The Indefectibility of the Church and Her Thousand-Year-Long Error — Luther’s Tactics in the Interpretation of the Bible
10. 10.CHAPTER XXXIX END OF LUTHER’S LIFE — 1. The Flight from Wittenberg — 2. Last Troubles and Cares — Theological Disruption — The Controversy on Clandestine Marriages — Difficulties with the State Church — The Present and the To-come — 3. Luther’s Death at Eisleben (1546) — 4. In the World of Legend
11. 11.CHAPTER XL AT THE GRAVE — 1. Luther’s fame among the friends he left behind — 2. Luther’s Memory among the Catholics. The Question of His Greatness — 3. Luther’s Fate in the First Struggles for his Spiritual Heritage — The Osiandric, Majorite, Adiaphoristic and Synergistic Controversies — Cryptocalvinism — The so-called formula of concord (1580) — 4. Mutual Influence of the Two Camps. Growing Strength of the Catholic Church — Luther’s Churches — Progress and Gains of Catholicism — 5. Luther as described by the Olden “Orthodox” Lutherans — 6. Luther as seen by the Pietists and Rationalists — 7. The Modern Picture of Luther — The latest efforts to portray Luther — The Janus-Picture of the Mediæval and Modern Luther — The “Religious” Reformer and the Hero of “Kultur” — A “Political” Luther?—Conclusion
12. 12.Untitled
13. 13.XLI—APPENDIX I LUTHER’S WRITINGS AND THE EVENTS OF THE DAY ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
14. 14.XLII—APPENDIX II ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS — 1-2. Luther’s Visit to Rome — 3. Luther’s conception of “Observance” and his conflict with his brother friars — 4. Attack upon the “Self-righteous” — 5. The collapse of the Augustinian Congregation — 6. The Tower Incident (vol. I, pp. 388-400) — 7. The Indulgence-Theses — 8. The Temptations at the Wartburg — 9. Prayer at the Wartburg — 10. Luther’s state during his stay at the Coburg — 11. Luther’s moral character — 12. Luther’s views on lies — 13. Luther’s lack of the missionary spirit — 14. Notes
15. 15.FOOTNOTES
16. 16.INDEX

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