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Summary: Public renunciation of his monastic vows and earlier teachings by Sebastian Meyer, a preacher in the city of Strassburg and an early follower of Martin Luther.

Summary: One of nine 1524 printings of this short anti-monastic tract by the Nuremberg cobbler and playright Hans Sachs.

Summary: After Karlstadt had been driven out of Saxony, he sought refuge in South Germany. When this proved impossible, he returned to Wittenberg. Karlstadt publish a retraction of his former opinions and then publish nothing else without prior approval. This is the retraction with Luther's preface. Needless to say, Karlstadt did not find these conditions at all acceptable and he was soon on the move again. He came to settle in Switzerland, first in Zurich and finally in Basel, where he died on Christmas Eve, 1541.

Summary: This is another academic disputation by Eck at Ingolstadt on monastic vows including 160 theses "in praise of those men who practice the monastic life."

Summary: Treatise on which books are to be considered canonical, by Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von Karlstadt, Luther's more radical Wittenberg colleague.

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Summary: This is the third printing of Luther's treatise on monastic vows.

Summary: After Luther had published the Ninety-five Theses, a broad academic debate spread across Germany on the question of the validity of indulgences. The debate was soon joined by Eck of Ingolstadt, representing the Catholic position. Karlstadt, a senior theologian at Wittenberg seems to have taken the lead in defending his colleague with his work, a series of disputations held at the University of Wittenberg beginning May 14, 1518, and continuing beyond July 7, 1518.

Summary: The question of the value and validity of monastic vows arose in Wittenberg because of Luther's tract, On the Freedom of a Christian, as well as because of his advice to monks to leave their monasteries. Karlstadt here argues that vows of monastic obedience prevent men and women from following God's commands. Karlstadt was the first of the Protestant Reformers to repudiate the validity of monastic vows.

Summary: First edition of a short tract written by Luther at Wartburg castle and addressed to the bishop and religious leaders in Wittenberg. In 139 brief statements, Luther warns that religious vows and monastic life do not by themselves bring about the forgiveness of sins.

Summary: Sermon preached September 30, 1526, on Matthew 22:34-46 (Jesus in Temple during Passion Week).

Summary: The text contains the book of Psalms (leaves 5 recto - 127 recto), selected biblical prayers and canticles (leaves 127 verso - 140 verso: Exodus 15:1-9 - Deuteronomy 32, 1:21, 22-43 - 1 Samuel 2: 1-10 - Isaiah 26, 38 : 1-20, 26 - 2 Chronicles 33 : 1-13 - Jonah 2: 1 - selections from Daniel - Habakkuk 3:1-19 - Luke 1: 47-55, 68-79 - Luke 2: 25-32, Songs of Songs (leaves 141 recto - 150 recto), daily readings in praise of Mary, Mother of Jesus (leaves 151 recto - 163 recto). Each section is marked by an ornamental banner illustration.

The proceedings of the ninety-first meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 28-30, 1955. This meeting included a celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Society. This session was held jointly with the National Association of Biblical Instructors.

The proceedings of the ninetieth meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 28-30, 1954. The session was held jointly with the American Schools of Oriental Research and the National Association of Biblical Instructors.

The proceedings of the eighty-ninth meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at the Garrett Biblical Institute, Northwestern University, on December 28-30, 1953. This session was held jointly with the National Association of Biblical Instructors.

The proceedings of the eighty-eighth meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 29-31, 1952. This session was held jointly with the National Association of Biblical Instructors.

The proceedings of the eighty-seventh meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 27-29, 1951.

The proceedings of the eighty-sixth meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 27 and 28, 1950.

The proceedings of the eighty-fifth meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union College in Cincinnati on December 28-30, 1949. This meeting was held jointly with the American Schools of Oriental Research and the National Association of Biblical Instructors.

The proceedings of the eighty-fourth meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 28-30, 1948.

The proceedings of the eighty-third meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis held at Union Theological Seminary on December 29 and 30, 1947.