Track Track Title Composers Length
  The Ninety-Five Theses    
1 1-1 - The Ninety-five Theses David Jaquay 17:32
  To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation    
2 2-0 - Dedicatory Letter & Introduction Jonathan Lange 7:13
3 2-1 - I: The Three Walls of the Romanists Jonathan Lange 27:00
4 2-2 - II: Of the Matters to be Considered in the Councils Jonathan Lange 31:56
5 2-3 - III: 27 Articles respecting the Reformation: 1-12 Jonathan Lange 29:56
6 2-4 - III: 27 Articles respecting the Reformation: 13-19 Jonathan Lange 27:24
7 2-5 - III: 27 Articles respecting the Reformation: 22--24 Jonathan Lange 31:05
8 2-6 - III: 27 Articles respecting the Reformation: 25-27 Jonathan Lange 37:15
  On The Babylonian Captivity of the Church    
9 3-0 - Introductory Letter to Hermann Tulichius Jonathan Lange 19:12
10 3-1 - Concerning the Lord's Supper - A Jonathan Lange 35:25
11 3-2 - Concerning the Lord's Supper - B Jonathan Lange 54:44
12 3-3 - Concerning the Sacrament of Baptism Jonathan Lange 1:01:52
13 3-4 - Concerning the Sacrament of Penance Jonathan Lange 24:19
14 3-5 - Of Confirmation and Of Matrimony Jonathan Lange 35:02
15 3-6 - Of Orders Jonathan Lange 24:44
16 3-7 - Of Extreme Unction Jonathan Lange 21:25
  Concerning Christian Liberty    
17 4-1 - Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X Jonathan Lange 22:44
18 4-2 - The Freedom of Faith Jonathan Lange 39:41
19 4-3 - The Bond of Love Jonathan Lange 37:32
20 4-4 - Conclusion Jonathan Lange 14:43

Artwork
Cover: Portrait of Martin Luther, 1528, by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Inset: Same as cover.
Insert: Martin Luther, Bust in Three-Quarter View by Lucas Cranach the Elder.


Production

Title: The Ninety-Five Theses To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church Concerning Christian Liberty
Read by: David Jaquay Jonathan Lange Jonathan Lange Jonathan Lange
Length: 17:32 3:11:56 4:36:54 1:54:57
Book Coordinator: J. M. Smallheer Jonathan Lange Jonathan Lange Jonathan Lange
Meta Coordinator: J. M. Smallheer Karen Savage TriciaG Barry Eads
Proof Listener: Carl Manchester Kajo Kajo DaveC

The works in this book are available on eBook at Gutenberg.org:

·         The Ninety-Five Theses or ‘Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
·         Concerning Christian Liberty; with Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X. by Martin Luther
·         Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther
·         Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther

This book collects four key works authored by Martin Luther that form the framework of the Reformation and the theological underpinnings of Protestantism.

The Ninety-five Theses, also titled Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, is a list of propositions intended for academic debate that created a division in the Catholic Church that became the Reformation. It objected to the practice of the church selling indulgences, with which buyers could reduce the punishment in purgatory for sins. Luther argued that indulgences led to Christians to avoid the inner spiritual repentance required by Christ.Legend has it that the list was posted on the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517.

To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation is the first of three foundational works written by Martin Luther in 1520. He sets forth the radical doctrines of the priesthood of all believers, that all baptized Christians are “priests” and “spiritual” in the eyes of God, as opposed to the traditional division of the Church into “spiritual” officers of and “secular”followers. He also articulates the doctrine of two kingdoms of God, the left-hand secular, physical world of things and action, and the right-hand world of the spirit, gospel and grace.  Both were radical breaks that directly challenged the “three walls” of church doctrine: that secular authority had no jurisdiction over the church; that only the Pope could explain Scripture; and that nobody but the Pope was empowered to call a church council.

On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, the second of Luther’s 1520 works, is a theological treatise in which he examined the seven sacraments of the Church in the context of his reading of the Bible. Angry and harsh in tone, Luther criticizes the Pope of being the Antichrist. He limits the true “divinely instituted” sacraments to Baptism, Eucharist, and Penance,deeming Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders and Extreme Unction.

On Christian Liberty is the third of Luther’s 1520 works and appeared in a short German version and a more elaborate Latin version. In it he elaborates the notion of justification by faith alone and the seeming paradox of Christians as fully forgiven children of God who nevertheless willingly serve God and their neighbors, encapsulated by his famous statement. "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all." 


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Year The Ninety-five Theses - 1517; To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation -1520; On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church - 1520; On Christian Liberty - 1520
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