Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Works of Martin Luther: with Introductions and Notes

Here's another smaller English collection of Luther's writings now available free on-line: Works of Martin Luther: with Introductions and Notes. This six-volume set was released in the early 1900's. It's Often referred to as PE, which stands for The Philadelphia Edition (Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press). Sometimes it's called the Holman Luther, since it was originally published by A.J. Holman Co. Used reprint copies of this set are affordable. The original set can be expensive. Take note of the "alternate PDF links" below. Some of these may not open with IE. As far as I could tell, Google Books has yet to make all the volumes available, but other websites have posted the entire set.





Volume One 
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Volume Two 
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Volume Three
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Volume Four
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Volume Five
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Volume Six
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Contents

Volume One
LUTHER'S PREFACES TO HIS WORKS (1539, 1545)

DISPUTATION ON INDULGENCES (1517)

TREATISE ON BAPTISM (1519)

DISCUSSION OF CONFESSION (1520)

THE FOURTEEN OF CONSOLATION (1520)

TREATISE ON GOOD WORKS (1520)

TREATISE ON THE NEW TESTAMENT (1520)

THE PAPACY AT ROME (1520)




Volume Two
A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
AND CONCERNING THE BROTHERHOODS (1519)


A TREATISE CONCERNING THE BAN (1520)

an Open Letter To The Christian Nobility (1520)

THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH (1520)

A TREATISE ON CHRISTIAN LIBERTY (1520)

A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
THE CREED, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER (1520)

THE EIGHT WITTENBERG SERMONS (1522)

THAT DOCTRINES OF MEN ARE TO BE REJECTED (1522)




Volume Three
An Argument In Defense Of All The Articles Of Dr. Martin Luther Wrongly Condemned In The Roman Bull (1521)

The Magnificat (1520-1)

An Earnest Exhortation For All Christians, Warning Them Against Insurrection And Rebellion (1522)

Secular Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed (1523)

To The Leipzig Goat (1521)

Reply To The Answer Of The Leipzig Goat (1521)

Answer To The Superchristian, Superspiritual, And Superlearned Book Of Goat Emser (1521)

To The Knights Of The Teutonic Order (1523)




Volume Four
On Trading And Usury (1524) And A Treatise On Usury (1520)

The Right And Power Of A Christian Congregation Or Community To Judge All Teaching And To Call, Appoint, And Dismiss Teachers, Established And Proved From Scripture (1523)

Preface To An Ordinance Of A Common Chest (1523)

To The Councilmen Of All Cities In Germany That They Establish And Maintain Christian Schools (1524)

A Sermon On Keeping Children In School (1530)

The Burning Of Friar Henry (1525)

Admonition To Peace: A Reply To The Twelve Articles Of The Peasants In Swabia (1525)

The Twelve Articles

Against The Robbing And Murdering Hordes Of Peasants (1525)

An Open Letter Concerning The Hard Book Against The Peasants (1525)

An Exposition Of The Eighty-Second Psalm (1530)

An Exhortation To The Clergy Assembled At The Diet At Augsburg (1530)




Volume Five
ON TRANSLATING: AN OPEN LETTER (1530)

WHETHER SOLDIERS, TOO, CAN BE SAVED (1526)

ON WAR AGAINST THE TURK (1529)

ON THE COUNCILS AND THE CHURCHES (1539)




Volume Six
Luther’s Liturgical Writings

Concerning The Ordering Of Divine Worship In The Congregation (Von Ordenung Gottis Diensts Ynn Der Gemeyne, 1523)

Formula Of Mass And Communion For The Church At Wittenberg (Formula Missae Et Communionis Pro Ecclesia Wittembergensis, 1523)

The Canon Of The Mass From Concerning The Abomination Of Low Mass (Canon Missae From Yore Greuel Der Stillmesse, 1525)

A Preface Suggested For Use At The Holy Communion, 1525

Exhortation To The Christians In Livonia Concerning Public Worship And Unity (Vermahnung An Die Christen In Liefland Yore Auszerlichen Gottesdienst Und Eintracht, 1525)

The German Mass And Order Of Service (Deudsche Messe Und Ordnung Gottis Diensts, 1526)
Preface 

The Order Of Baptism Translated Into German (Das Tauff Buchlin Verdeutscht, 1523)
The Order Of Baptism Newly Revised (Das Taufbuchlein Aufs Neue Zugerichtet, 1526)(continued)

How One Shall Properly And Intelligibly Baptize A Person Into The Christian Faith
(Wie Man Recht Und Verstandlich Einen Menschensum Christen Glauben Taufen Soil, 1523)

To All Christian Readers, Translation (P. Z. Strodach)
Taufbuchlein, Translation (P. Z. Strodach)
Wie Man Recht, Etc., Translation (P. Z. Strodach)

A Short Method Of Confessing To The Priest, For The Use Of Simple Folk (Eine Kurze Weise Zu Beichten, Fur Die Einfaltigen, Dem Pricier, 1529)

A Marriage Booklet For Simple Pastors (Ein Traubuchlin Fur Die Einfeltigen Pfarherr, 1529)

Ordination Of Ministers Of The Word (Ordinations Formular, 1535-1539)

The Latin Litany Corrected (Latina Litania Correcta, 1528-1529)

The German Litany (Deudsch Litaney, 1529)
Latin, Translation And Notes (P. Z. Strodach)
German, Translation And Notes (P. Z. Strodach)

Hymn Book Prefaces

Spiritual Hymn Booklet (Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn, 1524)

Spiritual Hymns Newly Revised (Geistliche Lieder Auffs Neu Gebessert, 1529)

Christian Songs, Latin And German, For Use At Funerals (Christliche Geseng Lateinisch Und Deutsch, Sum Begrebnis, 1542)

Spiritual Hymns (Geistliche Lieder [Babst] 1545)

Luther’s Hymns Briefly Annotated (P. Z. Strodach)

Prefaces To The Books Of The Bible
Translation Of Introduction To The Old Testament (1545 [-1523])
Preface to the Book of Job (1524)
To the Psalter (1531)
To the Books of Solomon (1524)
To the Proverbs of Solomon (1524)
To the Preacher of Solomon (1524)
To the Prophets (1532)
To the Prophet Isaiah (1528)
To the Prophet Jeremiah (1532)
To the Prophet Ezekiel (1532)
To the Prophet Ezekiel (1545)
From the Preface to the Prophet Daniel (1530)
To the Prophet Hosea (1532)
To the Prophet Joel (1532)
To the Prophet Amos (1532)
To the Prophet Obadiah (1532)
To the Prophet Jonah (1526)
To the Prophet Micah (1532)
To the Prophet Nahum (1523)
To the Prophet Habakkuk (1526)
To the Prophet Zephaniah (1532)
To the Prophet Haggai (1532)
To the Prophet Zechariah (1532)
To the Prophet Malachi (1532)
Preface to the New Testament (1545 [1522] )
To the Acts of the Apostles (1534)
To the Epistle to the Romans (1522)
To the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1545)
To the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (1522)
To the Epistle to the Galatians (1522)
To the Epistle to the Ephesians (1522)
To the Epistle to the Philippians (1522)
To the Epistle to the Colossians (1522)
To the First Epistle to the Thessalonians (1522)
To the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians (1522)
To the First Epistle to Timothy (1522)
To the Second Epistle to Timothy (1522)
To the Epistle to Titus (1522)
To the Epistle to Philemon (1522)
To the First Epistle of Saint Peter (1522)
To the Second Epistle of Saint Peter (1522)
To the Three Epistles of Saint John (1522)
To the Epistle to the Hebrews (1522)
To the Epistles of Saint James and Saint Jude (1545)
To the Revelation of Saint John — I (1545)
To the Revelation of Saint John — II (1522)

3 comments:

David Waltz said...

Hello James,

All six volumes of the Philadelphia edition (mentioned in your opening post), were reprinted by Baker Books in one, very nice, hardback edition (ISBN-10: 0801056160; ISBN-13: 978-0801056161) . The following are some online sites where good used copies can be purchased at very reasonable prices:

http://www.amazon.com/Works-Martin-Luther-Introduction-Philadelphia/dp/0801056160

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=&lang=en&isbn=0801056160+&submit=Search&new_used=*&destination=us&currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr




Grace and peace,

David

David Waltz said...

Ooops...ignore my post, I just now noticed, and clicked on, the ABE books link and see that the Baker reprint has numerous listings for the book.

James Swan said...

I was not aware of the one-volume edition.

I have the six-volume set from the mid 1940's.