Writings

Since in this prayer we call God our Father, it is our duty always to deport and conduct ourselves as godly children.

If we look at mankind in all its conditions, it is nothing but a vast, wide stable full of great thieves.

Honor and good name are easily taken away, but not easily restored.

How can water, eating and drinking do such great things?

Such is nature that we all begrudge another’s having as much as we have.

Time and paper would fail me if I were to recount all the blessings that flow from God’s Word.

It seems to me that we shall have our hands full to keep these commandments.

The trust and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol.

The Father has given himself to us with all his creatures, abundantly provided for us in this life, and showered us with inexpressible eternal treasures… Read More »Large Catechism: Introduction and First Article of the Creed

The distinctive contours of Luther’s theology had already taken shape before the indulgence controversy broke out, as this 1516 letter to a fellow Augustinian friar… Read More »Letter to George Spenlein