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Summary: Luther's letter to the provost, dean and canons of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, written August 19, 1523, discussing the nature of the mass and his reasons for abolishing masses for the dead and for saints.

Summary: Polemical tract, written in protest to the canonization of Benno, Bishop of Meissen, in 1523.

Summary: This is the sixth printing of Luther's letter of consolation to the citizens of Miltenburg. Text in German includes Luther's German translation of Psalms CXX from the Hebrew O.T.

Summary: Sermon preached April 2, 1523 (Maundy Thursday), on the value and efficacy of the Holy Sacrament.

Summary: Arsatio Seehofer had studied with Luther at Wittenberg between stays at the University of Ingolstadt. As Ingolstadt increasingly became the focus of the Catholic revival, Seehofer found himself under attack for his "Lutheran" leanings. This is a commentary by Luther on the seventeen points of doctrine that Seehofer was accused of violating. The work also includes a discussion of Paul Speratus' arrest by the authorities at the University of Vienna on similar charges. This is the second printing of these essays.

Summary: This pamphlet is a German translation of Luther's letter to Duke Albert of Prussia, written in December 1523, and intended to answer several theological questions concerning the foundation of the church and papal supremacy.

Summary: This work is an anonymous translation to German from Latin of Luther's letter (Ad inlustrissimum principem Carolum Sabaudiae ducem Epistola) to Duke Charles III of Savoy, dated September 7, 1523.

Summary: The diet of Nuremberg in 1524 reaffirmed the imperial ban of Luther's person expressed in the edict of Worms, but not the condemnation of his teachings, which were to be addressed at the diet of Speyer. Luther issued both the edict of Worms and the resolutions of the diet of Nuremberg along with his own foreward and comments, in which he calls the emperor a "mad, irrational, senseless, raving and insane fool".

Summary: The term "Evangelical Mass" was coined by the Lutherans as their attempt to shop that it was they and not the Catholics who were the preservers of the true tradition of the Lord's Supper. Bugenhagen was, next to Melanchthon, Luther's closest ally in the Protestant struggle. This tract indicates which attributes the Lutherans believed to be necessary for worthy reception of the Lord's Supper.

Summary: Second printing of the eight sermons Luther preached on his return from Wartburg Castle, March 9-16, 1522. They dealt with the mass, the Lord's Supper, images, fating, auricular confession, and other topics. These sermons allowed Luther to restore order in Wittenberg and put and end to the Tumults that had griped the city during his absence.

Summary: Fifth printing of Luther's "Reason and Answer that Women may leave their Cloisters in a Godly manner".

Summary: This sermon preached June 22, 1522, on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Lk. 16:19-31) was initially published under the title of Sermon secundum Lucam am 16. This printing from the city of Erfurt represents a version of the sermon reworked by Luther in 1523.

Summary: Luther was accused by Ferdinand (brother of Charles V) of teaching that Jesus was the seed of Abraham and that Mary was not a virgin either before or after the birth of Jesus. Luther replied with this booklet that demonstrated the human and divine natures of Jesus and showed sensitivity to Jesus' Jewish background. Luther hoped that books like this could be used to convert Jews from their erroneous beliefs.

Summary: The fifth printing of Luther's early treatise, "That Jesus Christ was born a Jew", in which he denies the charges made against him that he did not believe in the Virgin Birth, but rather that Jesus was a naturally born child of Joseph and Mary. In this tract, Luther confesses that he believes that Jesus was born a Jew of the Virgin Mary. He also hopes that his teaching will bring more Jews to convert to Christianity.

Summary: A sermon by Martin Luther on Matthew 5,20 "unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

Summary: The sixth printing (of ten in 1523) of Luther's early treatise, "That Jesus Christ was born a Jew", in which he denies the charges made against him that he did not believe in the Virgin Birth, but rather that Jesus was a naturally born child of Joseph and Mary. In this tract, Luther confesses that he believes that Jesus was born a Jew of the Virgin Mary. He also hopes that his teaching will bring more Jews to convert to Christianity.

Summary: The Reformation in Esslingen was marked by a long series of conflicts and was not resolved until 1531. In this short letter Luther replies to the "Articles on Confession" proposed by J. Lonicer, pastor of Esslingen.

Summary: This is Luther's first sermon for Christmas Day. It was first preached in 1520 and is a simple explanation of the biblical account of the birth of Christ.

Summary: In this sermon Karlstadt attacks the Catholic clergy for threatening people with fires of purgatory and eternal torment in order to persuade them to buy indulgences. The title vignette woodcut shoes people in purgatory. Priority of printing is unknown, because none of the printing originated in Wittenberg.

Summary: Dominicus Beyer was a Lutheran pastor in Tetschen, Bohemia in the early 1520's. From his preaching Matthias Blochinger drew a series of forty heretical articles. These he presents in this pamphlet together with the Catholic response.

Summary: This is the second and much expanded edition of Luther's reply to Henry VIII's Assertion of the Seven Sacraments. Luther replies quite moderately (for him) to what he feels to be the King's unwarranted assertions on the Catholic Sacraments. This is the second printing of this edition.