First Principles of the Reformation or the Ninety-five Theses and the Three Primary Works of Dr. Martin Luther Translated into English.

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THEOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION. By Dr. Wace	ix
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. By Professor Buchheim	xxxix
THE NINETY-FIVE THESES	2
THE THREE PRIMARY WORKS OF LUTHER:—
I. ADDRESS TO THE NOBILITY OF THE GERMAN NATION.
1. Dedicatory Letter	17
2. Introduction	18
3. The Three Walls of the Romanists	20
(a) That the Temporal Power has no Jurisdiction over the Spirituality	21
(b) That no one may interpret the Scriptures but the Pope	25
(c) That no one may call a Council but the Pope	28
4. Of the Matters to be considered in the Councils	31
5. Twenty-seven Articles respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate	44
II. CONCERNING CHRISTIAN LIBERTY.
1. Letter to Pope Leo X.	95
2. That a Christian man is the most free Lord of all, and subject to none	104
3. That a Christian man is the most dutiful Servant of all, and subject to every one	118
III. ON THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH.
1. Introduction	141
2. On the Lord’s Supper	148
3. On Baptism	182
4. ON PENANCE	205
5. On Confirmation	214
6. On Matrimony	215
7. On Orders	227
8. On Extreme Unction	237

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