The Annotated Luther Index

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Find an Index to The Annotated Luther, a six volume series of key texts of Martin Luther published by Fortress Press that:

• Provides annotations and key background information for people, events, and theological issues during the Reformation;

• Identifies Scripture references to which Luther alludes, but does not include, in his text;

• Includes commentary from top Luther scholars;

• Clarifies the historical setting with maps, illustrations, timelines, artwork, images, and photos.

Volume 1 - The Roots of Reform

• [The 95 Theses or] Disputation for Clarifying the Power of Indulgences, 1517

•  Letter from Martin Luther to Albrecht, Archbishop of Mainz, 31 October 1517

•  A Sermon on Indulgences and Grace, 1518

• Heidelberg Disputation, 1518

• The Proceedings at Augsburg, 1518

• A Sermon on the Meditation of Christ’s Holy Passion, 1519

• Sermon on the Sacrament of Penance, 1519

• The Holy and Blessed Sacrament of Baptism, 1519

• The Blessed Sacrament of the Holy and True Body of Christ, and the Brotherhoods, 1519

• Treatise on Good Works, 1520

• To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Improvement of the Christian Estate, 1520

• The Freedom of a Christian, 1520

Volume 2 - Word and Faith

• Sermon on Two Kinds of Righteousness, 1519

•  A Brief Instruction on What to Look for and Expect in the Gospels, 1522

• Against the Heavenly Prophets in the Matter of Images and Sacraments, 1525

• How Christians Should Regard Moses, 1525

• The Bondage of the Will, 1525

• Confession of the Articles of Faith against the Enemy of the Gospel and All Kinds of Heresies, 1528

• The Large Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther, 1529

• The Smalcald Articles, 1538

Volume 3 - Church and Sacraments

• The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520

• The German Mass and Order of the Liturgy, 1526

• That These Words of Christ, “This Is My Body,” etc., Still Stand Firm Against the Fanatics, 1527

•  Concerning Rebaptism, 1528

•  On the Councils and the Church, 1539

Volume 4 - Pastoral Writings

• The Invocavit Sermons, 1522

•  Selected Sermons

• Selected Hymns

•  A Sermon on Prayer and Procession 147 during Rogation Days, 1519

• Little Prayer Book, 1522

• The Small Catechism, 1529

• A Simple Way to Pray, 1535

• A Sermon on Preparing to Die, 1519

• The Magnificat, 1521

• Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague, 1527

• That Christians Should Bear Their Cross with Patience, 1530

•  Consolation for Women Whose Pregnancies Have Not Gone Well, 1542

• Selected Letters of Pastoral and Spiritual Counsel 

• Preface to the Wittenberg Edition of Luther’s German Writings, 1539

• Preface to Luther’s Latin Works, 1545
   

Volume 5 - Christian Life in the World

• Luther’s Will, 1542 

• A Sermon on the Estate of Marriage Revised and Corrected by Dr. Martin Luther, Augustinian at Wittenberg, 1519 

• On the Estate of Marriage, 1522

• On Secular Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed, 1523

• On Business and Usury, 1524

• Whether Soldiers, Too, Can be Saved, 1526

• To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany That They Establish and Maintain Christian Schools, 1524

• Admonition to Peace: A Reply to the Twelve Articles of the Peasants in Swabia, 1525

• On War against the Turk, 1529

• That Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew, 1523

• About the Jews and Their Lies, 1543

• On the Schem Hamphoras and On the Lineage of Christ, 1543
   

Volume 6 - The Interpretation of Scripture

• On Translating: An Open Letter, 1530

• Preface to the Old Testament, 1545 (1523)

•  Introduction to Lectures on Genesis 1:26—2:3 and Genesis 2:21-25, 1535

• Lectures on Genesis 1:26—2:3

• Lectures on Genesis 2:21-25

•  Lectures on Genesis 3:1-15, 1535

•  Preface to the Psalter, 1528 (1545)

• Lectures on Psalm 51, 1513–1515

• Lectures on Psalm 72, 1513–1515

• Commentary on Psalm 118, 1530

• Preface to the Prophets, 1545 (1532)

•  Preface to the Prophet Isaiah, 1545 (1528)

•  Lectures on Isaiah 53, 1528–1530

• Preface to Daniel, 1530

•  Preface to the New Testament, 1546

• Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:12), 1530–1532

•  A Sermon on John 1:14a: “And the Word Became Flesh,” 1537

• Preface to the Epistle to the Romans, 1522, and as revised 1546

• Lectures on Romans 3:20-27, 1515–1516

• Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:16-23, 51-57, 1534

• Lectures on Galatians 2:15-16, 1519