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History of the Christian Church, Volume 7: The German Reformation
Philip Schaff · 1888
Luther and the German Reformation, from the Ninety-five Theses to the Augsburg Confession and the Peace of Augsburg.
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I
- § 1. The Turning Point of Modern History
- § 2. Protestantism and Romanism
- §3. Necessity of a Reformation
- § 4. The Preparations for the Reformation
- § 5. The Genius and Aim of the Reformation
- § 6. The Authority of the Scriptures
- § 7. Justification by Faith
- § 8. The Priesthood of the Laity
- § 9. The Reformation and Rationalism
- § 10. Protestantism and Denominationalism
- § 11. Protestantism and Religious Liberty
- § 12. Religious Intolerance and Liberty in England and America
- § 13. Chronological Limits
- § 14. General Literature on the Reformation
Chapter II. Luther's Training for the Reformation, A.D. L483-151714 pages
- § 15. Literature of the German Reformation
- § 16. Germany and the Reformation
- § 17. The Luther Literature
- § 18. Luther's Youth and Training
- § 19. Luther in the University of Erfurt
- § 20. Luther's Conversion
- § 21. Luther as a Monk
- § 22. Luther and Staupitz
- § 23. The Victory of Justifying Faith
- § 24. Luther Ordained to the Priesthood
- § 25. Luther in Rome
- § 26. The University of Wittenberg
- § 28. Luther and Mysticism. The Theologia Germanica
- § 29. The Penitential Psalms. The Eve of the Reformation
CHAPTER III. THE GERMAN REFORMATION FROM THE PUBLICATION OF LUTHER'S THESES TO THE DIET OF WORMS, a.d. 1517-152128 pages
- § 30. The Sale of Indulgences
- § 31. Luther and Tetzel
- § 32. The Ninety-five Theses. Oct. 31, 1517
- § 33. The Theses-Controversy. 1518
- § 34. Rome's Interposition. Luther and Prierias. 1518
- § 35. Luther and Cajetan. October, 1518
- § 36. Luther and Miltitz. January, 1519
- § 37. The Leipzig Disputation. June 27-July 15, 1519
- § 38. Philip Melanchthon. Literature (Portrait)
- § 40. Melanchthon's Early Labors
- § 41. Luther and Melanchthon
- § 42. Ulrich von Hutten and Luther
- § 43. Luther's Crusade against Popery. 1520
- § 44. Address to the German Nobility
- § 45. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. October, 1520
- § 46. Christian Freedom.—Luther's Last Letter to the Pope. October, 1520 (part 1 of 2)
- § 46. Christian Freedom.—Luther's Last Letter to the Pope. October, 1520 (part 2 of 2)
- § 49. The Reformation and the Papacy
- § 50. Charles V
- § 51. The Ecclesiastical Policy of Charles V
- § 52. The Abdication of Charles, and his Cloister Life
- § 53. The Diet of Worms. 1521
- § 54. Luther's Journey to Worms
- § 55. Luther's Testimony before the Diet
- § 56. Reflections on Luther's Testimony at Worms
- § 57. Private Conferences with Luther. The Emperors Conduct
- § 58. The Ban of the Empire. May 8 (26), 1521
- § 59. State of Public Opinion. Popular Literature
CHAPTER IV. THE GERMAN REFORMATION FROM THE DIET OF WORMS TO THE PEASANTS' WAR, a.d. 1521-152515 pages
- § 60. A New Phase in the History of the Reformation
- § 61. Luther at the Wartburg. 1521-1522
- § 62. Luther's Translation of the Bible
- § 63. A Critical Estimate of Luther's Version
- § 64. Melanchthon's Theology
- § 65. Protestant Radicalism. Disturbances at Erfurt
- § 66. The Revolution at Wittenberg. Carlstadt and the New Prophets
- § 68. Luther restores Order in Wittenberg.—The End of Carlstadt
- § 69. The Diets of Nürnberg, a.d. 1522-1524. Adrian VI
- § 70. Luther and Henry VIII
- § 71. Erasmus
- § 72. Erasmus and the Reformation
- § 73. The Free-will Controversy. 1524-1527
- § 74. Wilibald Pirkheimer
- § 75. The Peasants' War. 1523-1525
CHAPTER V. THE INNER DEVELOPMENT OF THE REFORMATION FROM THE PEASANTS' WAR TO THE DIET OF AUGSBURG, a.d. 1525-153015 pages
- § 76. The Three Electors
- § 77. Luther's Marriage. 1525
- § 78. Luther's Home Life
- § 79. Reflections on Clerical Family Life
- § 80. Reformation of Public Worship
- § 81. Prominent Features of Evangelical Worship
- § 82. Beginnings of Evangelical Hymnody
- § 83. Common Schools
- § 84. Reconstruction of Church Government and Discipline
- §85. Enlarged Conception of the Church. Augustin, Wiclif, Hus, Luther
- § 86. Changes in the Views on the Ministry. Departure from the Episcopal Succession. Luther ordains a Deacon, and consecrates a Bishop
- § 87. Relation of Church and State
- § 88. Church Visitation in Saxony
- § 89. Luther's Catechisms. 1529
- § 90. The Typical Catechisms of Protestantism
Chapter VI. Propagation and Persecution of Protestantism in Germany Till 153010 pages
- § 91. Causes and Means of Progress
- § 92. The Printing-Press and the Reformation
- § 93. Protestantism in Saxony
- § 94. The Reformation in Nürnberg
- § 95. The Reformation in Strassburg. Martin Bucer
- § 96. The Reformation in North Germany
- § 97. Protestantism in Augsburg and South Germany
- § 98. The Reformation in Hesse, and the Synod of Homberg. Philip of Hesse, and Lambert of Avignon
- § 99. The Reformation in Prussia. Duke Albrecht and Bishop Georg Von Polenz
- § 100. Protestant Martyrs
Chapter VII. The Sacramentarian Controversies11 pages
- § 101. Sacerdotalism and Sacramentalism
- § 102. The Anabaptist Controversy. Luther and Huebmaier
- § 103. The Eucharistic Controversy
- § 104. Luther's Theory before the Controversy
- § 105. Luther and Carlstadt
- § 106. Luther and Zwingli
- § 107. The Marburg Conference, a.d. 1529. (With Facsimile of Signatures.)
- § 108. The Marburg Conference continued. Discussion and Result
- § 109. Luther's Last Attack on the Sacramentarians. His Relation to Calvin
- § 110. Reflections on the Ethics of the Eucharistic Controversy
- § 111. The Eucharistic Theories compared. Luther, Zwingli, Calvin
Chapter VIII. The Political Situation Between 1526 And 15295 pages
Chapter IX. The Diet and Confession of Augsburg. A.D. 15308 pages
- § 117. The Diet of Augsburg
- § 118. The Negotiations, the Recess, the Peace of Nürnberg
- § 119. The Augsburg Confession
- § 120. The Roman Confutation and the Protestant Apology
- § 121. The Tetrapolitan Confession
- § 122. Zwingli's Confession to the Emperor Charles
- § 123. Luther at the Coburg
- § 124. Luther's Public Character, and Position in History
Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Volume 7: The German Reformation (1888). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.