Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Lull Timothy F

Author:Lull, Timothy F. [Timothy F. Lull and William R. Russell, Editors]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4514-1922-1
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Balthasar Hubmaier studied theology at the University at Freiburg and became a professor of theology at Ingolstadt in 1512. In 1519, while serving as cathedral preacher at Regensburg, he declared himself in favor of the Reformation. Subsequently, he associated with rebellious peasants at Waldshut, Austria, and embraced the cause of the Anabaptists. In thus denying the validity of infant baptism, Hubmaier became a heretic in both Catholic and Protestant territories. After fleeing from Waldshut to Zurich, and then to Nikolsburg, Moravia, he was burned at the stake in Vienna in 1528. Hubmaier represents the moderate strain of the Anabaptist movement, Hubmaier’s writings on free will and governmental authority represent a minority position among Anabaptists—that Christians may participate in wars. ↵

“Postil,” from the Latin phrase, Post illa verba textus (after those words of the text)—in Luther’s day, a collection of sermons was called a Postil (postilla). ↵

A professor at Leipzig, Hieronymous Dungersheim, denied this accusation of Luther and wrote both a letter and a booklet to defend his reputation. In 1519 Luther had carried on correspondence with Dungersheim regarding the power of the papacy. ↵

Luther refers here to Homer’s Iliad 22, 126. ↵

Luther quotes a rule in medieval logic. ↵

De Genesi ad literam X. Cap 23. MPL 34:426. ↵

A proverb in jurisprudence. Cf. WA 26:159. ↵

Cf. WA 18:121. Cf. also, Against the Heavenly Prophets, LW 40:139. ↵

The Donatists were the group against whom Augustine defended the validity of the church’s sacraments even if wicked priests administered them or wicked people received them. ↵

“For we are indeed his offspring” [Acts 17:28], is a quotation from Phainomena 5, by Aratus of Sicily. “Cretans are always liars,” etc. [Titus 1:12] is a quotation from the work of Epimenides of Gnossus (600 bce). WA 26:163. ↵

John Hus, reformer of Bohemia, was burned at the stake at Constance on June 6, 1415, as a heretic. Luther found himself in agreement with many views held by Hus, notably concerning the papacy. ↵

An allusion to Zwingli’s doctrine of the bodily presence of Christ at the right hand of God—which means, for Zwingli, that Christ can only be present symbolically in the bread and wine of the sacrament. ↵

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