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Luther's Works : Volume 51 - Sermons I

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Outline: This volume contains a selection of forty-three sermons arranged in chronological order. Beginning with what may be Luther's earliest extant sermon and ending with the last he delivered before his death, this collection of sermons can give the reader a glimpse into the Reformer's development as a preacher. As Luther's insight into the meaning of the Gospel grew not only did he set aside its misinterpretations, but he also began to shed forms and methods of preaching inherited from late scholasticism. The power of the gospel, if it was to accomplish its task of creating and sustaining faith, had to be proclaimed with simplicity and directness. As Friedrich Gogarten has pointed out, Luther's preaching is characterized by its concentration upon the gospel as well as the listeners. Whether Luther preached at the baptism of a child or the funeral of a prince, at the dedication of a church or the inauguration of the reformation at Leipzig, on his journey to Worms, or to his Wittenberg congregation, the message of the gospel and the hearers of it were the center of his concern. It was his aim to make Christians of the hearers of the Word of God and thus hurl the power and victory of Christ against the power of evil. The forty-three sermons in this volume represent but a fragment of Luther's total output. Even the two thousand sermons or more contained in the Weimar Edition of Luther's writings do not include all of Luther's sermons. Some of the sermons he preached, although recorded, have been lost; others never were written down in any form. In spite of the fact that we have a wealth of literary sources to learn to know Luther as preacher, our knowledge remains tentative: for the living voice of the gospel preaches. When the oral communication of the gospel in the process of transmission which cannot be recaptured. The editor and translator of this volume has therefore taken pains to point to qualifications necessary in evaluating Luther as preacher. In Luther's view preaching encompassed his life's work. For him, teaching in the classroom, translating the Bible, preparing for conferences on church work and church unity, working on his catechisms, and attending to his correspondence were part of preaching. From this volume and others in this series of LUTHER'S WORKS it becomes clear that Luther did not narrowly confine the task of preaching to the activity of the pulpit. A theological debate, conversation with students and friends, and lectures in the classroom could all become an essential part of preaching.

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R 284.12 L96l v.51

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Philadelphia, USA : Fortress Press., 1959

Deskripsi Fisik

405 hal

Bahasa

English

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0-8006-0351-6

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284.12

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