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Summary: A reply to Martin Luther's "An den Bock zu Leipzig."

Summary: A reply to Martin Luther's "An den Bock zu Leipzig."

Summary: One of the problems that led to the Reformation was the sad state of ecclesiastical finance that forced many priests to change fees for the sacraments and other services. Von Gunzburg subjects such practices to sharp sanitization in the form of "praise of priests."

Summary: One of the problems that led to the Reformation was the sad state of ecclesiastical finance that forced many priests to change fees for the sacraments and other services. Von Gunzburg subjects such practices to sharp sanitization in the form of "praise of priests."

Summary: One of two printings of Karlstadt's treatise on the dichotomy of law and grace.

Summary: One of two printings of Karlstadt's treatise on the dichotomy of law and grace.

Summary: Luther's "Theses on Monasticisms" came about as a partial response to Melanchthon's essay in Loci Communes. Melanchthon revised this section of the Loci to take Luther's criticism into account. Luther's work was translated into German by at least three translators none of whom can be named with certainty.

Summary: Luther's "Theses on Monasticisms" came about as a partial response to Melanchthon's essay in Loci Communes. Melanchthon revised this section of the Loci to take Luther's criticism into account. Luther's work was translated into German by at least three translators none of whom can be named with certainty.

Summary: First edition of a short tract written by Luther at Wartburg castle and addressed to the bishop and religious leaders in Wittenberg. In 139 brief statements, Luther warns that religious vows and monastic life do not by themselves bring about the forgiveness of sins.

Summary: First edition of a short tract written by Luther at Wartburg castle and addressed to the bishop and religious leaders in Wittenberg. In 139 brief statements, Luther warns that religious vows and monastic life do not by themselves bring about the forgiveness of sins.

Summary: Karlstadt wrote numerous tracts on the reception of the sacrament in both kinds. This tract deals especially with those who receive the sacrament, what the signs of the sacrament signify, and what promises are given to those who partake.

Summary: Karlstadt wrote numerous tracts on the reception of the sacrament in both kinds. This tract deals especially with those who receive the sacrament, what the signs of the sacrament signify, and what promises are given to those who partake.

Summary: The question of the value and validity of monastic vows arose in Wittenberg because of Luther's tract, On the Freedom of a Christian, as well as because of his advice to monks to leave their monasteries. Karlstadt here argues that vows of monastic obedience prevent men and women from following God's commands. Karlstadt was the first of the Protestant Reformers to repudiate the validity of monastic vows.

Summary: The question of the value and validity of monastic vows arose in Wittenberg because of Luther's tract, On the Freedom of a Christian, as well as because of his advice to monks to leave their monasteries. Karlstadt here argues that vows of monastic obedience prevent men and women from following God's commands. Karlstadt was the first of the Protestant Reformers to repudiate the validity of monastic vows.

Summary: Treatise on which books are to be considered canonical, by Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von Karlstadt, Luther's more radical Wittenberg colleague.

Summary: Treatise on which books are to be considered canonical, by Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von Karlstadt, Luther's more radical Wittenberg colleague.