Writings

On the worthy reception of the sacrament.

Luther’s commentary on the song of that “wondrous soul,” the Virgin Mary.

Praise for Mary, theologian of the cross.

We are to come together, listen to God’s Word, launch up to heaven a strong, effectual prayer, and laud and praise God’s goodness with thanksgiving.

And as a hen sits upon her eggs, warming her eggs and infusing into them animation, so the Holy Spirit brooded as it were on… Read More »Genesis Commentary, 1 of 10

In this section of the treatise, Luther develops the notion of the joyful exchange and describes how in Christ all Christians are kings and priests.

It ought to be a matter of great honor and satisfaction for you to see your son an angel in the empire and an apostle… Read More »A Sermon on Keeping Children in School, 2 of 2

The holy, Christian Church is outwardly known by the holy possession of the Holy Cross. Thus it becomes like its head, Christ.

In 1517, Luther was deeply concerned with the widespread understanding and practice of indulgences, but he was still not quite clear what indulgences and their… Read More »Ninety-Five Theses (1517)

These outward, free things we should regard as the baptismal shirt or cloth in which a child is wrapped for baptism. The child is not… Read More »On the Councils and the Church, 4 of 4