The Table Talk of Martin Luther: Luther's Comments on Life, the Church and the Bible: Luther's Commentary on Life, the Church and the Bible - Hardcover

Luther, Martin; Martin, Luther

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857924150 ISBN 13: 9781857924152

Verlag: Christian Focus Publications Ltd, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Luther's 'Divine Discourses' (as this book was known) stirred up so much anger in the Roman Catholic Church that all copies were ordered to be burnt under an edict by Pope Gregory XIII. One copy was found by Casparus Van Sparr in 1626, whilst building on a house once owned by his grandfather in Germany. The book was wrapped in a linen cloth treated with beeswax and buried in the ground - it was perfectly preserved.

An English friend of Casparus, Captain Henry Bell, brought the book back to Britain and began the work of translation several times but never completed it. He received a vision of an old man who told him he would complete the translation. Two weeks later he was arrested and spent the next 10 years in jail during which time he completed the work and produced what we now know as 'Tabletalk'.

This collection of informal comments was gathered together by Antony Lauterbach and John Aurifaber, who were very close to Luther towards the end of his life.

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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the Father of the Reformation. Most famous possibly for his 95 theses, he wrote many works which sparked debate and helped shape thinking - not only in his own time, but ours as well.

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• Verlag: Christian Focus Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1857924150
• ISBN 13: 9781857924152
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 484
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