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About the Journal Writer Submissions 2008 Lutheran Ethicists Gathering Information and Registration Lutheran Ethicists Newsletter About the Lutheran Ethicists Home Church in Society Social Statements and Messages Social Policy Actions Predecessor Church Social Documents   Recommended Online Resources Recommended Print Resources Bible Search		Recommended Print Resources  Recommended On-line Resources Lutheran Reformation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1998 Augsburg Fortress Publishers. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this [Web page] may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Luther Luther, Martin. "The Christian in Society." Luther's Works, 44-47. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1962-1971. 44: Five treatises of 1519-21; 45: 12 treatises of 1522-44; 46: Eight treatises of 1525-30; 47: Four treatises of 1521-43. _______. "Devotional Writings." Luther's Works, 43, ed. Gustav K. Wiencke. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1968. Includes "A Simple Way to Pray," 1535, 187-212. _______. "The Freedom of a Christian," 1520. In Luther's Works, 31, ed. Harold J. Grimm, 327-77. Trans. from the Latin by W. A. Lambert and rev. by Grimm. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1957. _______. Lectures on Galatians, 1535. In Luther's Works, 26, 27. Ed. and trans. from the Latin by Jaroslav Pelikan. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1963, 1964. _______. Letters of Spiritual Counsel. Ed. and trans. from the German by Theodore G. Tappert. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1955. _______. "The Sermon on the Mount (Sermons)," 1532, and "The Magnificat," 1521. In Luther's Works, 21, ed. Jaroslav Pelikan. Trans. from the German by Pelikan and A. T. W. Steinhaeuser. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1956. _______. "Temporal Authority: To What Extent it Should be Obeyed," 1523. In Luther's Works, 45, ed. Walther I. Brandt, 75-129. Trans. from the German by J.J. Schindel and rev. by Brandt. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1962. [For another translation with an Introduction and glossary see, Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority, ed. and trans. Harro Hopfel, 1-46. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.] _______. "To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate," 1520. In Luther's Works, 44, ed. James Atkinson, 115-217. Trans. from the German by W. A. Lambert and rev. by Atkinson. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1966. _______. "Treatise on Good Works," 1520. In Luther's Works, 44, ed. James Atkinson, 15-114. Trans. from the German by W. A. Lambert and rev. by Atkinson. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1966. _______. "Word and Sacrament" III, Luther's Works, 37. Ed. and trans. from the German by Robert H. Fischer. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1961. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Melanchthon Melanchthon, Philip. "Loci Communes Theologici," 1521. In Melanchthon and Bucer, ed. with an Introduction by Wilhelm Pauck, 3-152. Trans. from the Latin by Lowell J. Satre, 3-152. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1969. Topics in this first Lutheran dogmatic include law, divine law, counsels, human laws, love, and hope. _______. Melanchthon on Christian Doctrine: Loci Communes 1555, 83-129, 130-40, 175-86, 323-43. Ed. and trans. by Clyde L. Manschreck. Introduction by Hans Engelland. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. Topics include divine law, the distinction of commandment and counsel, good works, and worldly authority. _______. A Melanchthon Reader, 179-238. Ed. and trans. from the German and Latin with an Introduction by Ralph Keen. New York: Peter Lang, 1988. "Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics, Bk. 1," and "Summary of Ethics." Bibliography. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lutheran Confessions The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Trans. from the German and Latin and ed. by Theodore G. Tappert in collaboration with Jaroslav Pelikan, Robert H. Fischer, and Arthur C. Piepkorn. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1959. Note especially: "The Augsburg Confession," Articles IV, VI, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXVII, XXVIII. "Apology of the Augsburg Confession," Articles IV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXVII, XXVIII. "The Small Catechism." "The Large Catechism," especially "The First Part: The Ten Commandments." "Formula of Concord," "Part 1: Epitome," relevant parts of Articles II, III, IV, V, VI; "Part II: Solid Declaration," relevant parts of Articles II, III, IV, V, VI. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sourcebooks with Selections from Luther and the Lutheran Tradition Beach, Waldo, and H. Richard Niebuhr, eds. Christian Ethics: Sources of the Living Tradition. 2nd ed. New York: Ronald Press, 1973. Selections from Luther and S?Kierkegaard. Forell, George W., ed. Christian Social Teachings: A Reader in Christian Social Ethics from the Bible to the Present. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1966. Includes selections from Luther, German Pietism, Paul Tillich, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Gill, Robin. A Textbook of Christian Ethics. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1985. Includes four selections from Luther and one from Bonhoeffer. Bibliography. Hertz, Karl, ed. Two Kingdoms and One World: A Sourcebook in Christian Social Ethics. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1976. Brief selections from the Bible to the twentieth century and from around the world. Numerous nineteenth and twentieth century American Lutheran sources. Bibliography. Lull, Timothy F., ed. Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings. Foreword by Jaroslav Pelikan. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989. The final section is "Living and Dying as a Christian" (577-755). The selections also include "Heidelberg Disputation" (30-49), "How Christians Should Regard Moses" (135-48), and the sermon "Two Kinds of Righteousness" (155-64). Schrey, H.-H., ed. Faith & Action: Basic Problems in Christian Ethics: A Selection of Contemporary Discussions. Introduction by H. H. Thielicke. Trans. from the German by Carl Schuenemann. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1961. Selections from twenty theologians and ethicists on foundational themes. Wogaman, Philip, and Douglas Strong, eds. Readings in Christian Ethics: A Historical Sourcebook. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996. Includes selections from Luther, Bonhoeffer, and Tillich.