Part, Paragraph
1 Intro | dated before June 8, 1520, Luther says: "I shall assail that
2 Intro | not yet begun. On the 23rd Luther sent the manuscript of the
3 Intro | conclusion to the earlier work Luther had said: "Moreover, I should
4 Intro | is scarcely veiled. That Luther did not wait for that particular
5 Intro | Before the 7th of June5 Luther had received a copy of Prierias'
6 Intro | Epitome of a Reply to Martin Luther,6 which is the boldest and
7 Intro | theory of papal power which Luther had sought to demolish in
8 Intro | reprint of the Epitome, Luther bids farewell to Rome: "
9 Intro (6) | Rome 1519: printed with Luther's preface and notes, Weimar
10 Intro | Open Letter is, therefore, Luther's first publication after
11 Intro | verdict of the pope upon Luther had been long delayed, but
12 Intro | Letter shows us the mind of Luther in the weeks when the permanent
13 Intro (9) | KOSTLIN-KAWERAU, Martin Luther, I, 308 ff., and Weimar
14 Intro (10)| See Luther's letters to Lang and Staupitz,
15 Intro | who would know the true Luther must read more than one
16 Intro | in this treatise we meet Luther the German. His heart is
17 Intro | from such histories as Luther had at his command, from
18 Intro | All grist that came to Luther's mill. But the Spirit of
19 Intro | the Spirit of the work is Luther's own. ~For the general
20 Intro | OPEN LETTER is undoubtedly Luther's greatest work. Its frank
21 Intro | translation in Wace and Buchheim, LUTHER'S PRIMARY WORKS (London
22 Intro | VI, 381-391; Schafer, LUTHER ALS KIRCHEN HISTORIKER,
23 Intro | KULTURGESCHICTE, Halle, 1895, and LUTHER UND DIE KIRCHENGESCHICHTE,
24 Cover | Luther's Cover Letters~
25 Cover, 1 | kind friend; Doctor Martin Luther.~The grace and peace of
26 Cover, 2 | German Nation, Doctor Martin Luther.~Grace and power from God,
27 Cover (11)| Luther's recollection of the figures
28 1 (1) | Romanist" is applied by Luther to the champions of the
29 1 (6) | The canon law, called by Luther throughout this treatise
30 1 (6) | the bitterness with which Luther speaks of it, especially
31 1 (16) | The statement of which Luther here complains is found
32 1 (16) | quoted this canon against Luther, as follows: "A Pontifex
33 1 (16) | the possession of hell." Luther's comment is: "Be astonished,
34 1 (23) | Luther had discussed the whole
35 1 (25) | Prierias. In 1518 (Nov. 28th) Luther had appealed his cause from
36 1 (27) | of the Arian controversy. Luther's statement that it was
37 1 (27) | historically correct. On Luther's statements about this
38 1 (27) | this council, see SCHAFER, Luther als Kirchenhistoriker, pp.
39 1 (27) | Kirchenhistoriker, pp. 291 ff.; KOHLER, Luther und die Kg., pp. 148 ff. ~
40 1 (28) | Luther is here referring to the
41 2 (2) | of this world, of which Luther here complains. See Realencyk.,
42 2 (9) | very practices of which Luther here complains. It should
43 2 (11) | Encyclopedia, I, pp. 537 f. Luther here alleges that the annates
44 2 (15) | it obtained in Germany in Luther's time, is found in the
45 2 (19) | the Concordat of Vienna. Luther's complaint is reiterated
46 2 (20) | the "courtesans" to whom Luther afterwards refers. ~
47 2 (24) | the name of archbishop. Luther's charge that it had to
48 2 (24) | law makes it evident that Luther's other contention is also
49 2 (27) | cf. Luther to Spalatin, June 25, 152. (
50 2 (30) | an outspoken opponent of Luther, was as emphatic in his
51 2 (30) | against this practice as Luther himself (WREDE, op. cit.,
52 2 (33) | glossa ordinaria had in Luther's time an authority almost
53 2 (53) | indulgence against which Luther protested, see Vol. I, p.
54 2 (59) | of ancient works of art. Luther is hinting that the indulgence
55 Prop1 (2) | appeal to the royal courts. Luther wishes this principle applied
56 Prop1 (15)| 325). The decree to which Luther here refers is cannon IV
57 Prop1 (19)| the appointments, of which Luther has heretofore spoken. At
58 Prop1 (28)| his authorization. In 1522 Luther translated this bull into
59 Prop1 (28)| Weimar Ed., VIII, 691). On Luther's earlier utterances concerning
60 Prop1 (30)| Cf. Luther's earlier statement to the
61 Prop1 (43)| and seems to have come to Luther's attention in the early
62 Prop1 (43)| treatise (Cf. ENDERS II, 332). Luther subsequently (1537) issued
63 Prop1 (45)| the cities and lands which Luther mentions. This formed the
64 Prop1 (48)| in brackets were added by Luther to the 2nd edition; see
65 Prop1 (55)| Augustinians Hermits, to which Luther himself belonged, and which
66 Prop1 (57)| Vi, pp. 212 ff.), and Luther had himself taken part in
67 Prop1 (75)| This Luther actually did. When he burned
68 Prop2 (10)| Luther means the saint's-days and
69 Prop2 (31)| by Pope Hadrian VI. When Luther wrote this the process of
70 Prop2 (40)| Captivity (below, pp. 291 f.) Luther definitely excludes penance
71 Prop2 (41)| 27 in other places. For Luther's view of the sodalities
72 Prop2 (47)| of the Emperor Sigismund. Luther is in error when he assumes
73 Prop2 (49)| Poland and Prussia before Luther's time. See Realencyk.,
74 Prop2 (57)| Luther had not yet reached the
75 Prop2 (60)| by William of Occam. For Luther's own view at this time,
76 Prop3 (3) | Or, "I have read him." Luther's lesen allows of either
77 Prop3 (9) | a state of affairs which Luther could justly speak of as "
78 Prop3 (20)| Luther is characteristically careless
79 Prop3 (23)| Such a law as Luther here suggests was proposed
80 Prop3 (24)| Cf. Luther's Sermon von Kaufbandlung
81 Prop3 (29)| note 4; III pp. 574 f.). On Luther's view of capitalism see
82 Prop3 (32)| Cf. MULLER, Luther's theol. Quellen, 1912,
83 Prop3 (33)| In the Conitendi Ratio Luther had set the age for men
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