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Summary: One of six 1523 editions of a collection of sermons delivered by Luther in 1522, directed against A. Karlstadt.

Summary: One of six 1523 editions of a collection of sermons delivered by Luther in 1522, directed against A. Karlstadt.

Summary: Johann Eck responds in this early work to Luther's pamphlet "Contra malignum Iohannis Eccii iudicium."

Summary: Johann Eck responds in this early work to Luther's pamphlet "Contra malignum Iohannis Eccii iudicium."

An engraved portrait of Pope Adrian VI, who sat as pope from 1522-1523. The portrait shows Adrian VI wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ADRIANVS. VI. PAPA. TRAIECTENSIS. BELGA".

An engraved portrait of Pope Adrian VI, who sat as pope from 1522-1523. The portrait shows Adrian VI wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ADRIANVS. VI. PAPA. TRAIECTENSIS. BELGA".

Summary: Sermon preached June 9, 1522, on John III, 16, "For God so loved the world ..."

Summary: Sermon preached June 9, 1522, on John III, 16, "For God so loved the world ..."

Summary: A sermon by Luther admonishing the directing of one's attentions not to the wealth of the church and its relics, but to the needs of the poor.

Summary: A sermon by Luther admonishing the directing of one's attentions not to the wealth of the church and its relics, but to the needs of the poor.

Summary: Polemical dialogue between a peasant and a monk, who had lost his livelihood after the dissolution of his monastery. The peasant advises the monk to try his hand at "real work".

Summary: Polemical dialogue between a peasant and a monk, who had lost his livelihood after the dissolution of his monastery. The peasant advises the monk to try his hand at "real work".

An engraved portrait of Antipope Alexander V, who was elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism and held the office from 1409-1410. The portrait shows Alexander V wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. V. PAPA. CRETENSIS. GRÆCVS".

An engraved portrait of Antipope Alexander V, who was elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism and held the office from 1409-1410. The portrait shows Alexander V wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. V. PAPA. CRETENSIS. GRÆCVS".

An engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VI, who sat as pope from 1492-1503. The portrait shows Alexander VI wearing simple vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. VI. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISP".

An engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VI, who sat as pope from 1492-1503. The portrait shows Alexander VI wearing simple vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. VI. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISP".

Summary: Sermon preached June 9, 1522, on John 3:16 (God So Loved The World).

Summary: Sermon preached June 9, 1522, on John 3:16 (God So Loved The World).

Summary: First edition and first printing of Luther's address "To the Christian nobility of the German nation" is the first of three great Reformation booklets Luther wrote 1520. This piece was completed in August and divided into three parts: (1) an attack on the Papacy and denial of its claims, (2) a list of abuses by the papacy and curia, and (3) a list of necessary reforms.

Summary: First edition and first printing of Luther's address "To the Christian nobility of the German nation" is the first of three great Reformation booklets Luther wrote 1520. This piece was completed in August and divided into three parts: (1) an attack on the Papacy and denial of its claims, (2) a list of abuses by the papacy and curia, and (3) a list of necessary reforms.

Summary: Luther's reply to a letter from Duke Albrecht of Brandenburg, concerning the interpretation of John VI with reference to the Lord's Supper.

Summary: Luther's reply to a letter from Duke Albrecht of Brandenburg, concerning the interpretation of John VI with reference to the Lord's Supper.

Summary: Sixth printing of a letter addressed to Albrecht von Brandenburg (later Albert, Duke of Prussia) the new General of the Teutonic Knights. In response to a question by the general, Luther applies his critique of monastic celibacy to military orders, stressing that it is pleasing to God to have families and to raise children.

Summary: Sixth printing of a letter addressed to Albrecht von Brandenburg (later Albert, Duke of Prussia) the new General of the Teutonic Knights. In response to a question by the general, Luther applies his critique of monastic celibacy to military orders, stressing that it is pleasing to God to have families and to raise children.

Summary: Exemplar of a unique contemporary printing of Swiss Reformer Ulrich Zwingli's apology for his theological position, sent to the assembled princes at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. Zwingli focusses especially on the Lord's Supper, in view of the criticisms of his position by Johann Eck.

Summary: Exemplar of a unique contemporary printing of Swiss Reformer Ulrich Zwingli's apology for his theological position, sent to the assembled princes at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. Zwingli focusses especially on the Lord's Supper, in view of the criticisms of his position by Johann Eck.

Summary: Third edition of Alciatus in France, "with new woodcuts superior to those of the 'Augsburg' editions" (Landwehr). The emblems are attributed to Mercure Jollat. "It is the Paris edition which set the standard for the popular field of emblem literature (Mortimer, French, no. 13, p. 13). Alciatus was not happy with the two earlier Augsburg editions; but the expanded Wechel edition which appeared in Paris in 1534 with entirely new woodcuts by Jollat set a new standard.

Summary: Third edition of Alciatus in France, "with new woodcuts superior to those of the 'Augsburg' editions" (Landwehr). The emblems are attributed to Mercure Jollat. "It is the Paris edition which set the standard for the popular field of emblem literature (Mortimer, French, no. 13, p. 13). Alciatus was not happy with the two earlier Augsburg editions; but the expanded Wechel edition which appeared in Paris in 1534 with entirely new woodcuts by Jollat set a new standard.

Summary: Only edition of an early work by Karlstadt addressing questions of what constitutes a Christian life.

Summary: Only edition of an early work by Karlstadt addressing questions of what constitutes a Christian life.

Summary: When Blarer was asked by Duke Ulrich of Württemberg to introduce the Reformation in the duchy, he tried to mediate between Zwingli and the Lutherans in the matter of the eucharist. He came to Stuttgart in 1534 to support a compromise and was criticized for abandoning the position he had held while still in Konstanz. In this tract he defends himself against these criticisms and affirms his support of the Stuttgart Concord.

Summary: When Blarer was asked by Duke Ulrich of Württemberg to introduce the Reformation in the duchy, he tried to mediate between Zwingli and the Lutherans in the matter of the eucharist. He came to Stuttgart in 1534 to support a compromise and was criticized for abandoning the position he had held while still in Konstanz. In this tract he defends himself against these criticisms and affirms his support of the Stuttgart Concord.

An engraved portrait of Pope Boniface IX, who sat as pope from 1389-1404. The portrait shows Boniface IX wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "BONIFACIVS. IX. PAPA. NEAPOLITANVS".

An engraved portrait of Pope Boniface IX, who sat as pope from 1389-1404. The portrait shows Boniface IX wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "BONIFACIVS. IX. PAPA. NEAPOLITANVS".

An engraved portrait of Pope Callistus III, who sat as pope from 1455-1458. The portrait shows Callistus III wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CALIXTVS. III. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISPANVS".

An engraved portrait of Pope Callistus III, who sat as pope from 1455-1458. The portrait shows Callistus III wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CALIXTVS. III. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISPANVS".

Summary: Satirical song about the office of the Pope, composed anonymously in response to the execution of Jan Hus in 1415 and published by Matthias Flacius to underscore his opposition to the Catholic Church in all matters following the Interim of Augsburg in 1548.

Summary: Satirical song about the office of the Pope, composed anonymously in response to the execution of Jan Hus in 1415 and published by Matthias Flacius to underscore his opposition to the Catholic Church in all matters following the Interim of Augsburg in 1548.

Summary: C. Schatzgeyer here writes on the veneration of the saints, the "friends of God". Catholic theology makes a sharp distinction between paying honor to saints (dulia) and worship of God (latria). This is the first printing of this work. No one knows for sure when it was written and printed.

Summary: C. Schatzgeyer here writes on the veneration of the saints, the "friends of God". Catholic theology makes a sharp distinction between paying honor to saints (dulia) and worship of God (latria). This is the first printing of this work. No one knows for sure when it was written and printed.