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Luther Encyclopaedia

This page offers articles about all kinds of aspects of Luther’s life and thought (for sources see below).

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A

Almightiness

Anfechtung

Antichrist

Antinomians

Apple tree

Astrology and astronomy

Authority of the church

Authority of the Scriptures

 

B

Ban bull

Beer

Bible

 

C

Children

Confession

Creeds

 

G

Glasses

 

I

Indulgence

 

L

Labour and profession

Letters

Luther rose

 

O

Office

 

P

Peasants’ War

Penance

Poverty

Printing

Promise

 

R

Roman-Catholic Luther research

 

S

Sculptures

Solas

Superstition

 

T

The Lord’s Supper

 

95 Theses

 


The information is mostly derived from the following sources:

  • V. Leppin & G. Schneider-Ludorff (red.), Das Luther-Lexikon (Regensburg: Bückle & Böhm 2014);
  • A. Beutel (red.), Luther Handbuch (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2010);
  • W. von Loewenich, Martin Luther. Der Mann und das Werk (München: List 1983);
  • H.A. Oberman, Luther. Mensch Zwischen Gott und Teufel (Berlin: Severin & Siedler 1982);
  • W.J. Kooiman, Luther. Zijn weg en werk (Amsterdam: Ten Have 1959);
  • H.J. Iwand, Luthers Theologie. Nachgelassene Werke V. Hrsg. von J. Haar (München: Chr. Kaiser Verlag 1974).