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History of the Christian Church, Vol. 7: Modern Christianity: The German Reformation

Philip Schaff · 1888

Volume 7 of Schaff's History of the Christian Church, the classic multi-volume history in English: Modern Christianity: The German Reformation.

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From the opening: Luther's Training for the Reformation, A.d. L483-1517

§ 15. Literature of the German Reformation.

Sources.

I. Protestant Sources:

(1) The Works of the Reformers, especially Luther and Melanchthon. See § § 17, 32. The reformatory writings of Luther, from 1517-1524, are in vol. XV. of Walch's ed., those from 1525-1537 in vol. XVI., those from 1538-1546 in vol. XVII. See also the Erlangen ed., vols. 24-32 (issued separately in a second ed. 1883 sqq.), and the Weimar ed., vol. I. sqq.

(2) Contemporary writers:

G. Spalatin (Chaplain of Frederick the Wise and Superintendent in Altenburg, d. 1545): Annales Reformationis oder Jahrbücher von der Reform. Lutheri (to 1543). Ed. by Cyprian, Leipz., 1718.

Frid. Myconius (or Mekum, Superintendent at Gotha, d. 1546): Historia Reformationis vom Jahr Christi 1518-1542. Ed. by Cyprian, Leipzig, 1718.

M. Ratzeberger (a physician, and friend of Luther, d. 1559): Luther und seine Zeit. Ed. from MS. in Gotha by Neudecker, Jena, 1850 (284 pp.).

(3) Documentary collections:

V. E. Löscher (d. 1749): Vollständige Reformations=Acta und Documenta (for the years 1517-'19). Leipzig, 1720-'29, 3 vols.

Ch. G. Neudecker: Urkunden aus der Reformationszeit, Cassel, 1836; Actenstücke aus der Zeit der Reform., Nürnberg, 1838; Neue Beiträge, Leipzig, 1841.

C. E. Förstemann: Archiv. f. d. Gesch. der Reform., Halle, 1831 sqq.; Neues Urkundenbuch, Hamburg, 1842.

Th. Brieger: Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte der Reformation. Gotha, 1884 sqq. (Part I. Aleander und Luther, 1521.)

II. Roman Catholic Sources . See § 14, p. 89.

Histories.

I. Protestant Historians :

Lud. A Seckendorf (a statesman of thorough education and exemplary integrity, d. 1692): Commentarius historicus et apologeticus de Lutheranismo. Francof. et Lips., 1688; Lipsiae, 1694, fol. Against the Jesuit Maimbourg.

Chr. A. Salig (d. 1738): Vollständige Historie der Augsburger Confession (from 1517-1562). Halle, 1730-'35. 3 vols.

G. J. Planck (d. 1833): Geschichte der Entstehung, der Veränderungen und der Bildung unseres protest. Lehrbegriffs bis zur Einführung der Concordienformel. Leipzig, 2d ed., 1791-1800, 6 vols. Important for the doctrinal controversies in the Luth. Church. Followed by the Geschichte der protest. Theologie von der Konkordienformel an his in die Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrh. Göttingen, 1831, 1 vol.

H. G. Kreussler: D. Mart. Luthers Andenken in Münzen nebst Lebensbeschreibungen merkwürdiger Zeitgenossen desselben. Mit 47 Kupfern und…

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Contents (47 sections)

  1. About this edition
  2. Title page
  3. Preface
  4. Preface (continued)
  5. Preface (continued)
  6. Preface (continued)
  7. Preface (continued)
  8. The German Reformation Till the Diet of
  9. Luther's Training for the Reformation, A.d. L483-1517
  10. Luther's Training for the Reformation, A.d. L483-1517 (continued)
  11. Luther's Training for the Reformation, A.d. L483-1517 (continued)
  12. Chapter III
  13. Disputation of Dr. Martin Luther concerning Penitence and Indulgences
  14. Disputation of Dr. Martin Luther concerning Penitence and Indulgences (continued)
  15. Disputation of Dr. Martin Luther concerning Penitence and Indulgences (continued)
  16. Disputation of Dr. Martin Luther concerning Penitence and Indulgences (continued)
  17. Notes. — the Bull of Excommunication
  18. Bulla Contra Errores Martini Lutheri Et Sequacium
  19. Bulla Contra Errores Martini Lutheri Et Sequacium (continued)
  20. Bulla Contra Errores Martini Lutheri Et Sequacium (continued)
  21. Bulla Contra Errores Martini Lutheri Et Sequacium (continued)
  22. Note on Luther's Sentence: "Here I Stand," Etc
  23. Chapter IV
  24. Chapter IV (continued)
  25. Chapter IV (continued)
  26. Chapter IV (continued)
  27. Chapter IV (continued)
  28. Chapter IV (continued)
  29. The Inner Development of the Reformation from the Peasants' War to the Diet of Augsburg…
  30. The Inner Development of the Reformation from the Peasants' War to the Diet of Augsburg… (continued)
  31. The Inner Development of the Reformation from the Peasants' War to the Diet of Augsburg… (continued)
  32. The Inner Development of the Reformation from the Peasants' War to the Diet of Augsburg… (continued)
  33. The Inner Development of the Reformation from the Peasants' War to the Diet of Augsburg… (continued)
  34. The First Commandment
  35. The Second [Third] Commandment
  36. The Third [Fourth] Commandment
  37. Propagation and Persecution of Protestantism in
  38. Propagation and Persecution of Protestantism in (continued)
  39. Chapter VII
  40. Chapter VII (continued)
  41. Chapter VII (continued)
  42. Chapter VII (continued)
  43. Question 76. What is it to eat the crucified body, and drink the shed blood, of Christ?
  44. The Political Situation Between 1526 and 1529
  45. Chapter IX
  46. Chapter IX (continued)
  47. Chapter IX (continued)

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