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The third volume of Brecht's magnificent
biography describes the final fourteen years
of Luther's life, beginning with the
accession of Elector John Frederick in 1532.
The period is often treated briefly because
some Reformation developments continued
without him, his Catholic opponents paid
only partial attention to him, his
personality displayed great tensions, and
his judgment, errors. Yet the preservation
of the church—those confessing the
Reformation gospel being identical,
according to Luther, with the true
church—dominated Luther's
concerns.
A
work of immense and engaging scholarship,
gracefully translated by James Schaaf, this
volume offers comprehensive and original
interpretations of Luther's private life,
his congregation and the church in Saxony,
his professorial lectures and theological
controversies, Bible translation, Luther and
the council of Trent, and his later writings
about the Jews and Turks. With 34
illustrations.
PublisherFortress Press
FormatPaperback
ISBN9780800628154
Dimensions6 x 9
Pages546
Publication DateAugust 20, 1999
Endorsements
"The exacting scholarship and balanced judgment of this biography will help ensure its place as the definitive work of its kind well into the next century."
Dennis R. Janz, Loyola University
Table of Contents
Translator's Preface
Foreword
Sources of Illustrations
I. PEACEFUL BEGINNINGS UNDER ELECTOR JOHN Frederick—BUT WITH MOST OF THE OLD PROBLEMS (1532-36)
Elector John Frederick
Electoral Saxony and Its Church
Wittenberg
Home, Family, and Personal Health
II. LUTHER'S ROLE IN THE REFORMATION'S PROGRESS IN OTHER GERMAN TERRITORIES, THE AGREEMENT ON THE LORD'S SUPPER, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRANCE AND ENGLAND (1532-36)
The Reformation in the Principality of Anhalt
Relationships with Other Territories and Their Reformation
Defense against the Münster Anabaptists
The Agreement between the Southern Germans and Luther on the Lord's Supper in the Wittenberg Concord
France and England
III. RENEWED STRIFE WITH OLD OPPONENTS
Duke George and the Repression of the Reformation in Ducal Saxony (1532-39)
The Private Mass and the Consecration of Priests
Erasmus and Witzel
The Injustice of Archbishop Albreacht of Mainz
IV. COMPLETING THE TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE
Translating the Prophets and the Apocrypha
Revisions
Arguing with the Critics
Praising and Recommending the Bible
V. THE PROFESSOR
The University: Its Organization and Constitution
The Ordinations
Graduations and Disputations
The Final Lectures
The Collected Works
VI. THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES IN WITTENBERG
On the Significance of Repentance in Justification—the "Cordatus Controversy"
The Repudiation of Jacob Schenk
John Agricola and the Antinomian Controversy
VII. LUTHER AND THE COUNCIL (1533-39)
Initial Catholic Probes and Evangelical Reactions
Summoning the Council to Mantua, Luther's Articles, and the Smalcald Assembly in 1537
The Illness
Critical Publications against the Pope
The Final Position: On the Councils and the Churches
VIII. THE RIGHT OF RESISTANCE, ATTEMPTS AT PEACE, THE DEFECTION OF THE LANDGRAVE, AND RELIGIOUS COLLOQUIES (1538-41)
New Discussions on the Right of Resistance
The Peace Negotiations in Frankfurt, 1539
The Calamitous Bigamy of Landgrave Philip
The Religious Colloquies and Their Expected Failure
IX. PERSONAL AFFAIRS (1537-46)
Ill, Old, and Tired of Living
Marriage, Children, Family, and Guests
Home, Household, Garden, and Property
Social Life, Festivals, and Music
X. LUTHER'S CONGREGATION—WITTENBERG (1537-46)
The Preacher and Pastor
The Congregation
XI. LUTHER'S CHURCH—ELECTORAL SAXONY (1537-46)
The Relationship to Electoral Saxon Society
Pastors and Congregations
Church Administration and Church Order
XII. THE PROGRESS OF THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE AND IN EUROPE
The Reformation in Ducal Saxony
The Reformation in the Electorate of Brandenburg
Halle—Between Albrecht of Mainz and Electoral Saxony
The Reformation Experiment in the Dioceses of Naumburg and Merseburg
Relationships with Smaller Neighboring Territories
The Other German Territories and Adjacent Lands
The Reformation in European Lands
The Action against Duke Henry of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the Reformation in Brunswick—Wolfenbüttel
Renewed Controversy about the Lord's Supper
XIII. THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST AND OF HIS CHURCH: JEWS, TURKS, AND THE POPE
The Jews (1525-46)
The Turks
The Pope (1542-46)
XIV. THE FINAL JOURNEY
The Unity Negotiations in Eisleben
"Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant..."
"Dead Is the Charioteer of Israel"—Burial and Remembrance
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Subject Index to Volumes 1-3