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Martin Luther · 1526 · Treatise
Luther's 1526 order of worship in German, with music for the readings and his remarks on three kinds of service.
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Desiderius Erasmus · 1526–1527 · Treatise
Hyperaspistes is Erasmus's comprehensive defense of his theological positions against Martin Luther's fierce attack in De Servo Arbitrio. Written in two parts between 1526 and 1527, this treatise emerged from the bitter…
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Martin Luther · 1526 · Treatise
Luther's 1526 answer to a knight's question whether a soldier's calling can be a Christian one, and when war is just.
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Martin Bucer · 1527–1530 · Commentary
Martin Bucer's Enarrationes in Evangelia represents one of the earliest sustained attempts at Reformed gospel commentary, written during his formative years as Strasbourg's leading reformer between 1527 and 1530. Bucer undertook this…
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Martin Bucer · 1527 · Commentary
Martin Bucer's Commentary on Ephesians emerged from his work as a leading reformer in Strasbourg, where he served as the city's chief pastor and theological guide. Written in 1527 during the crucial…
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William Tyndale · 1527–1531 · Book
This collection gathers William Tyndale's theological writings produced during his years of exile on the continent, when he was simultaneously translating the New Testament into English and defending the principles that guided…
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Huldrych Zwingli · 1527 · Treatise
Huldrych Zwingli penned this treatise in 1527 as a response to critics who challenged his interpretation of the Eucharist, particularly targeting those who accused him of departing from orthodox Christian teaching. Written…
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Martin Luther · 1527 · Treatise
Luther's 1527 defence of Christ's real presence in the Supper against Zwingli and Oecolampadius.
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Francisco de Osuna · 1527 · Treatise
Francisco de Osuna's Third Spiritual Alphabet stands as one of the most influential guides to contemplative prayer in sixteenth-century Spain. Written in 1527 for those seeking to advance beyond vocal prayer and…
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Martin Luther · 1527 · Letter
Luther's 1527 open letter, written as plague reached Wittenberg, on who may leave and who must stay to care for the sick.
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Martin Luther · 1528 · Treatise
Luther's 1528 book on the Lord's Supper against Zwingli, ending with a confession of his whole faith 'which I will take before the judgment seat of Christ'.
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Francisco de Osuna · 1528 · Treatise
Francisco de Osuna's Primer Abecedario Espiritual is a systematic guide to contemplative prayer written for the emerging spiritual needs of sixteenth-century Spain. Published in 1528, it appeared during a period of intense…
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Santes Pagninus · 1528 · Scripture
Among the earliest complete Latin Bibles of the Renaissance to be rendered directly from Hebrew and Greek rather than merely revising the Vulgate, the Pagninus Bible belongs to the humanist movement to…
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William Tyndale · 1528 · Book
William Tyndale's treatise emerged from the urgent need to defend Protestant principles against accusations that evangelical teaching bred civil disobedience and political rebellion. Writing in 1528 while in exile, Tyndale faced charges…
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William Tyndale · 1528 · Treatise
William Tyndale's treatise emerges from the heated theological controversies of the early English Reformation, written while he lived in exile on the continent. Published in 1528, this work addresses the fundamental Protestant…
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Martin Luther · 1528 · Other
The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars is not Luther's own composition but an anonymous pamphlet, the Liber Vagatorum, which had circulated in southern Germany since the first decade of the sixteenth century…
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Desiderius Erasmus · 1528 · Treatise
Erasmus wrote this satirical dialogue in response to a literary movement that had grown obsessive in its devotion to classical Latin style. Renaissance humanists, particularly in Italy, had developed an extreme form…
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Martin Bucer · 1529–1532 · Commentary
Martin Bucer's Commentary on the Psalms emerged during the crucial early years of the Protestant Reformation in Strasbourg, where he served as the city's leading reformer. Written between 1529 and 1532, this…
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Thomas More · 1529 · Treatise
Thomas More's A Dialogue Concerning Heresies emerged from the tumultuous religious controversies of the 1520s, when Protestant ideas were spreading rapidly through England and continental Europe. Written in 1529, this substantial treatise…
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Martin Luther · 1529 · Treatise
Luther's 1529 book, written as the Ottoman army advanced on Vienna, on who may fight the Turks and in what spirit.
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Hugh Latimer · 1529 · Sermon
Hugh Latimer's \"Sermon of the Card\" stands as one of the most famous and controversial sermons preached during the English Reformation. Delivered on Christmas Eve 1529 at St. Edward's Church in Cambridge,…
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Thomas More · 1529 · Treatise
Thomas More's "The Supplication of Souls" emerged in 1529 as a direct response to Simon Fish's inflammatory pamphlet "A Supplication for the Beggars," which had attacked the Catholic Church's teachings on purgatory…
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Martin Luther · 1529 · Treatise
For anyone who wants plain Christian teaching: the Commandments, Creed, Lord's Prayer and sacraments explained for households and pastors. Warm, blunt and readable.
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Martin Luther · 1529 · Treatise
For every reader, and especially new Christians and families: the faith in a few pages of questions and answers, meant to be learned by heart.
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