The Annotated Luther Volume 3: Church and Sacraments

Volume 3 of The Annotated Luther series presents five key writings that focus on Martin Luthers understanding of the gospel as it relates to church sacraments and worship. Included in the volume are: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520); The German Mass and Order of the Liturgy (1526); That These Words of ChristThis is my Body etc. Still Stand Firm Against the Fanatics (1527); Concerning Rebaptism (1528) and On the Councils and the Church (1539).Luther refused to tolerate a church built on human works whether it was the popes authority or the faith or decision of individual believers. This is the thread that runs through all the texts in this volume: the church and sacraments belong to Christ who founded and instituted them. Each volume in The Annotated Luther series contains new introductions as well as annotations illustrations and notes to help shed light on Luthers context and interpret his writings for today. The translations of Luthers writings include updates of Luthers Works American Edition or entirely new translations of Luthers German or Latin writings.