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Beyond indulgences : Luther's reform of late medieval piety, 1518-1520
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Between Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and his excommunication from the church in 1520, he issued twenty-five sermons and treatises on Christian piety, most of them in German. These pastoral w...
Between Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 and his excommunication from the church in 1520, he issued twenty-five sermons and treatises on Christian piety, most of them in German. These pastoral writings extended his criticisms of the church beyond indulgences to the practices of confession, prayer, clerical celibacy, the sacraments, suffering, and death.
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- Anna Johnson
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, 2017
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9781612482132, 1612482139, 9780271091334, 0271091339, 9781612482125, 1612482120, 9781612482125, 9781612482125
- OCLC
- on1001340700
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: The pastoral writings of 1518 to 1520 -- The practical early Luther -- Scholasticism, indulgences, and Christian life: 1516-1517 -- Reshaping confession, reorienting piety: Lent 1518 -- Piety in the shadow of conflict: summer 1518 -- Reforming prayer and good works: early 1519 -- Reinterpreting sacraments and saints: fall 1519 to summer 1520 -- Conclusion: Piety and Luther's protest