This piece is Howard Thurman’s sermon on “the sound of the genuine,” where he blends biblical reflection, storytelling, and pastoral exhortation to call listeners toward authentic selfhood before God. Drawing heavily on Psalm 139, he emphasises divine omniscience and presence as the ground for human identity and dignity. He urges interior silence and discernment so that each person can hear their unique, God-given truth and live from it.
This piece is Howard Thurman’s sermon on “the sound of the genuine,” where he blends biblical reflection, storytelling, and pastoral exhortation to call listeners toward authentic selfhood before God. Drawing heavily on Psalm 139, he emphasises divine omniscience and presence as the ground for human identity and dignity. He urges interior silence and discernment so that each person can hear their unique, God-given truth and live from it.
Summary: "A defence of the true and old authority of Christ's church. An oration of Cœlius, the second Curio, for the true and ancient authority of Christ his church, against Antony Florebell of Mutiny ... Translated out of Latin into English by Ihon Philpott": p.[319]-432.
Summary: "A defence of the true and old authority of Christ's church. An oration of Cœlius, the second Curio, for the true and ancient authority of Christ his church, against Antony Florebell of Mutiny ... Translated out of Latin into English by Ihon Philpott": p.[319]-432.
Summary: An instructional text using an imagined dialogue between a missionary and an "Indian" to illustrate how a missionary in the field might instruct a potential convert in the Christian practices. It is unclear from the text what people or peoples are meant to be represented by the "Indian," or if the author is simply using the term as a broad catchall.
Summary: An instructional text using an imagined dialogue between a missionary and an "Indian" to illustrate how a missionary in the field might instruct a potential convert in the Christian practices. It is unclear from the text what people or peoples are meant to be represented by the "Indian," or if the author is simply using the term as a broad catchall.
Satirical wood-engraving from the workshop of Lucas Cranach, depicting the pope, with ears of an ass, sitting on a wooden throne at the mouth of hell, on the title page.
Satirical wood-engraving from the workshop of Lucas Cranach, depicting the pope, with ears of an ass, sitting on a wooden throne at the mouth of hell, on the title page.
This sermon addresses the importance of loving one's neighbor, explaining why God asks us to love our neighbors and the qualities of a healthy love for one's neighbors.
This sermon addresses the importance of loving one's neighbor, explaining why God asks us to love our neighbors and the qualities of a healthy love for one's neighbors.
Summary: This sermon on marriage is an elaboration of an earlier work no longer extant. In its present form there is no set Bible text, nor is the sermon designed for a particular place in the Church year.
Summary: This sermon on marriage is an elaboration of an earlier work no longer extant. In its present form there is no set Bible text, nor is the sermon designed for a particular place in the Church year.
Summary: Luther addresses the monastic rules of fasting, obedience and celibacy, arguing that they have no foundation in scripture and that a transgression of these rules is therefore no sin. At the same time, Luther warns that a transgression of monastic rules in itself is by no means a sign of faith or internalized piety.
Summary: Luther addresses the monastic rules of fasting, obedience and celibacy, arguing that they have no foundation in scripture and that a transgression of these rules is therefore no sin. At the same time, Luther warns that a transgression of monastic rules in itself is by no means a sign of faith or internalized piety.
Summary: In this pamphlet, Johann Brenz, the Lutheran Reformer of South Germany, attacks papal marriage law, and limits the forbidden degrees (marriages) to the narrowest possible interpretation of the Biblical material.
Summary: In this pamphlet, Johann Brenz, the Lutheran Reformer of South Germany, attacks papal marriage law, and limits the forbidden degrees (marriages) to the narrowest possible interpretation of the Biblical material.