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Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences

by Martin Luther

The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. They advance Luther's positions against what he saw as the abuse of the practice of clergy selling plenary indulg..

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon

by Anonymous

The Book Of Mormon, An Account Written By The Hand Of Mormon Upon Plates Taken From The Plates Of Nephi.Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites—Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile—Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit o..

History of the Moravian Church

History of the Moravian Church

by J. E. Hutton

For assistance in the preparation of this second edition, I desire herewith to express my obligations to several friends:—To the late Rev. L. G. Hassé, B.D., whose knowledge of Moravian history was profound, and who guided me safely in many matters of detail; to the Rev. N. Libbey, M.A., Principal of the Moravian Theological College, Fairfield, for..

Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther

Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther

by Martin Luther

Martin luther died on the 18th of February, 1546, and the first publication of his “Table Talk”—Tischreden—by his friend, Johann Goldschmid (Aurifaber), was in 1566, in a substantial folio.  The talk of Luther was arranged, according to its topics, into eighty chapters, each with a minute index of contents.  The whole work in a complete o..

Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae)

Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae)

by Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Summa Theologiae or Summa Theologica, often referred to simply as the Summa, is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas, a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church. ..

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae)

Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae)

by Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Summa Theologiae or Summa Theologica, often referred to simply as the Summa, is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas, a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church. Questions are specific topics of discussion, whereas their corresponding Articles are further-specified facets of the parent question. For example, Part I, Question 2 ("The..

True Christianity

True Christianity

by Johann Arndt

Both the general purpose of the venerable Johann Arndt in writing his “True Christianity,” and also his own character and spirit, will be best exhibited by submitting to the reader a statement referring to his personal history. He was born, December 27th, 1555, in Ballenstädt, a town in the Duchy of Anhalt, where his father, Rev. Jacob Arndt, long ..

The Psalms of David

The Psalms of David

by Isaac Watts

The Poems of Dr. Watts were by my recommendation inserted in the late Collection; the readers of which are to impute to me whatever pleasure or weariness they may find in the perusal of Blackmore, Watts, Pomfret, and Yealden.ISAAC WATTS was born July 17, 1674, at Southampton, where his father of the same name, kept a boarding-school for young gentl..