"Among his doctrinal writings should be cited Luther’s many letters, and writings on controversies.
In the Lessons on the Epistle of Paul to the Romans given from 1513 to 1515, Luther freed himself from the medieval tradition so as to better explain Saint Paul’s message: God did not endow man with a quality of justice,
--but unconditionally forgave him
--and helped him along the path to sanctification.
In 1520, the treatise On good deeds presented salvation through grace and considered faith as the only good deed. Faith persuaded the believer to act within the Church and in society, thus he was released from looking for salvation through deeds.
In 1520, Luther published his Prelude on the Babylonian captivity of the Church, in which he dealt with the sacraments: he retained baptism and the Last supper and wondered whether penitence should be kept. He clearly rejected the four other “sacraments” established by the Church, namely confirmation, extreme unction, ordination and marriage. He considered the Last supper “captive” if the wine was kept for priests alone.
In 1522, Luther published a treatise in German On the estate of marriage to setting out and explaining rules on marital status, which he considered far more important than cloistered life. He praised marriage and arbitrated on possible divorce cases.
In 1523, in a short treatise Luther recalled that Jesus-Christ was born a Jew.
The German Catechism or Large Catechism (1529) explained the ten commandments, the confession of faith, The Lord’s Prayer, and the two sacraments: baptism and Last Supper.
In 1520, the treatise On good deeds presented salvation through grace and considered faith as the only good deed. Faith persuaded the believer to act within the Church and in society, thus he was released from looking for salvation through deeds.
In 1520, Luther published his Prelude on the Babylonian captivity of the Church, in which he dealt with the sacraments: he retained baptism and the Last supper and wondered whether penitence should be kept. He clearly rejected the four other “sacraments” established by the Church, namely confirmation, extreme unction, ordination and marriage. He considered the Last supper “captive” if the wine was kept for priests alone.
In 1522, Luther published a treatise in German On the estate of marriage to setting out and explaining rules on marital status, which he considered far more important than cloistered life. He praised marriage and arbitrated on possible divorce cases.
In 1523, in a short treatise Luther recalled that Jesus-Christ was born a Jew.
The German Catechism or Large Catechism (1529) explained the ten commandments, the confession of faith, The Lord’s Prayer, and the two sacraments: baptism and Last Supper.
Concerning baptism Luther was opposed to the Anabaptists who
refused to baptize young children. For those who took part in the Last Supper, the bread and the wine, along with the promises of salvation, were at the same time the body and the blood of Christ. As for “penance”, confessing your sins to a brother was beneficial, but should neither be compulsory nor be a detailed catalogue of sins.
The Small Catechism was written in the same year in a simpler language and was meant for “poorly educated” pastors and preachers.
The Augsburg Confession presented by Melanchthon at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, was based on many of Luther’s texts, notably on his confession of faith written in 1538 after the Treatise on Christ’s Last Supper. It forms one of the “symbolic books” of Lutheran Churches.
In the Schmalkaldian Articles, written in 1537, Luther reasserted his points of view on justification through faith, on the secondary role of deeds, on condemning mass as a sacrificial ritual and on the harmful effects of cloistered life."
The Small Catechism was written in the same year in a simpler language and was meant for “poorly educated” pastors and preachers.
The Augsburg Confession presented by Melanchthon at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, was based on many of Luther’s texts, notably on his confession of faith written in 1538 after the Treatise on Christ’s Last Supper. It forms one of the “symbolic books” of Lutheran Churches.
In the Schmalkaldian Articles, written in 1537, Luther reasserted his points of view on justification through faith, on the secondary role of deeds, on condemning mass as a sacrificial ritual and on the harmful effects of cloistered life."
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