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The Precious and Sacred Writings of Martin Luther, the Hero of the Reformation, the Greatest of the Teuton Church Fathers, and the Father of Protestant Church Literature, Vol. 14
Martin Luther
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2016-09-30.
ISBN 9781333806507
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Excerpt from The Precious and Sacred Writings of Martin Luther, the Hero of the Reformation, the Greatest of the Teuton Church Fathers, and the Father of Protestant Church Literature, Vol. 14: Based on the Kaiser Chronological Edition With Reference to the Erlangen and Walch EditionsOn this Pentecost Monday, 1905, as we send forth this fifth vol ume Of the boldly titled Standard Edition of Luther's Works in English we feel the truth of Luther's utterance, which he learned from experience, that Translation is a special grace and gift of God. Translation of any kind is not easy, but it is easy in the degree the language into which you translate is richer in its gram mar, dictionary and expressiveness than the language from which you translate. But to translate Luther from German into English seems almost to belong to the realm of the impossible. NO apology is Offered for the high ideal of our efforts because no promise was ever made that we would reach it.In the religious literature appearing from the English press at present there are two facts very apparent which are hard to recon cile. The first is the high praise that is being constantly paid to Luther, and the second is the ignorance they display of a knowledge of Luther's writings. It seems many who write on the Protestant problems are better posted in the literature Of Higher Criticism than in the classic writings of Protestantism. As an example, in the recent volume on Things Fundamental by Dr. Jefferson, pastor of Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, on page 63 he says: We are all under the sway Of Martin Luther's soul. And on page 72 he adds: Men in the Middle Ages cared little for the life Of Jesus. Protestantism at first was not interested in the Gospels. Martin Luther began his sermons with the Psalms and ended them with Paul's letters to the Galatians and Romans. It is this Gospel side Of Luther that is so hard for the English world to appreciate. May the five volumes Of his Church Postil on the Gospels, his six vol umes Of his House Postil and the twenty or more volumes he wrote on the Gospels help the English world to study the Gospel side of his life work!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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