Luther’s 1520 reforming writings

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Luther’s 1520 reforming writings are a pivotal set of early Reformation texts in which Martin Luther challenged papal authority, articulated the priesthood of all believers, and laid out a radical program for reforming church and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reformation text ⓘ
theological work corpus ⓘ
author Martin Luther ⓘ
centralTheme authority of Scripture ⓘ
critique of papal authority ⓘ
justification by faith ⓘ
priesthood of all believers ⓘ
reform of church and society ⓘ
rejection of sacramental system abuses ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
criticizedDoctrine papal supremacy ⓘ
sacramental system as taught by late medieval Catholicism ⓘ
criticizedInstitution Roman Curia ⓘ
papacy ⓘ
criticizedPractice sale of indulgences ⓘ
disseminationChannel pamphlet literature ⓘ
doctrineArticulated sola fide ⓘ
sola scriptura ⓘ
universal priesthood of believers ⓘ
ecclesiologicalPosition denial of ontological superiority of clergy over laity ⓘ
emphasis on local congregation and preaching ⓘ
ethicalTheme Christian freedom and service to neighbor ⓘ
vocation in everyday life ⓘ
field church history ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
genre polemical treatise ⓘ
theological tract ⓘ
hasPart The Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ
The Freedom of a Christian ⓘ
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation ⓘ
historicalPeriod Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
impact consolidation of Lutheran reform program ⓘ
escalation of conflict between Luther and the papacy ⓘ
influenced German princes sympathetic to reform ⓘ
Lutheran confessional documents ⓘ
early Protestant reform movements ⓘ
political thought on secular authority ⓘ
language Early New High German ⓘ
mainLocationOfPublication Wittenberg ⓘ
politicalAspect appeal to secular rulers to reform the church ⓘ
attack on three walls of the Romanists ⓘ
printingTechnologyUsed movable-type printing press ⓘ
publicationYear 1520 ⓘ
relatedEvent Diet of Worms 1521 ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Worms

Exsurge Domine papal bull ⓘ
linked to: Exsurge Domine
sacramentalPosition critique of the Mass as a sacrifice ⓘ
reduction of sacraments to those instituted by Christ ⓘ
theologicalTradition Lutheranism ⓘ

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To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation → partOf → Luther’s 1520 reforming writings ⓘ
Arise, O Lord → mentions → writings of Martin Luther ⓘ
linked to: Luther’s 1520 reforming writings
Exsurge Domine et judica causam tuam → condemns → teachings of Martin Luther ⓘ
linked to: Luther’s 1520 reforming writings