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Commentary on Galatians

Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Mart, Martin Luther's Commentary on Galatians

Ninety-Five Theses

English 233: Introduction to Western Humanities, Nailing History to the Door

A Treatise on Good Works

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/ATreatiseonGoodWorks/toc.html

In HTML, in chapter sections, at World Wide School. [allows large print viewing even on crippled browsers.]

Address to the Christian Nobility

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/luthad.html

Essay from 1520 teaches that all believers are in the spiritual estate, clergy are not the masters of Scripture, and Pope is not master of the Church if he contradicts the Bible.

An Open Letter on Translating

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/AnOpenLetteronTranslating/toc.ht

Written to his adversaries concerning their comments on his translation of the Bible into German.

Concerning Christian Liberty

http://www.bartleby.com/36/6/

Searchable treatise on his religious beliefs, including free will, with a cogent critique of the Catholic church and prefatory letter to Pope Leo X.

Concerning Christian Liberty

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/ConcerningChristianLiberty/toc.h

R.S. Grignon translation of the essay in HTML. Includes internal search engine.

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power a

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/christiantheology/DisputationofDoctorMartinLuther/

Latin with English translation by Spaeth et al. in HTML. Includes internal search engine.

Index Verborum

http://luther.bc.edu/default.html

Searchable database of Luther's German writings from 1516-1525, showing frequency and location of words used in the original texts.

Large Catechism

http://www.ccel.org/l/luther/large_cat/large_catechism.htm

Complete text of the Bente and Dau translation from the Concordia Triglotta. Linked index to five major divisions plus individual Commandments, articles, and petitions. Links to other formats, including RTF.

Letter to John Staupitz

http://www.augustana.edu/religion/lutherproject/95THESES/letter%20to%20staupitz.htm

English translation of message sent to his Augustinian supervisor concerning the posting and aftermath of the 95 Theses.

Letter to the Archbishop of Mainz, 1517

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/lutherltr-indulgences.html

Entreaty by Martin Luther concerning the sale of indulgences. Shows his stage of theological development through his arguments.

Luther and the Biblical Languages

http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/luther.htm

An excerpt from: "To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany That They Establish and Maintain Christian Schools", 1524.

Martin Luther's Sermons

http://www.orlutheran.com/mlserms.html

Annotated index and texts of one hundred works from the John Nicholas Lenker 1905 translation of the Church Postil.

On the Freedom of a Christian

http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/luther/freedom/

R.S. Grignon translation (Harvard Classics edition). Available in plain text and HTML.

The German Mass and Order of Divine Service

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/luthserv.html

The 1911 translation of the 1526 Deutsche Messe with preface from Luther telling why he wrote it, intended use, and various other rites and options for worship.

The Table Talk of Martin Luther

http://www.reformed.org/documents/Table_talk/table_talk.html

English translation of the reformer's Colloquia Mensalia, or Divine Discourses at his Table by William Hazlitt, from the John Aurifaber collection of 1569.