Luther and the Reformation of the later Middle Ages

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Label

Luther and the Reformation of the later Middle Ages

Statement of responsibility

Eric Leland Saak, Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis

Creator

• Saak, Eric Leland

Author

• Saak, Eric Leland

Subject

• Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
• Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
• Mittelalter
• Reformation
• Kirchenreform
• Reformation
• Religiöse Bewegung
• Rezeption
• Reformation
• Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Language

eng

Summary

In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses, an act often linked with the start of the Reformation. In this work, Eric Leland Saak argues that the 95 Theses do not signal Luther's break from Roman Catholicism. An obedient Observant Augustinian Hermit, Luther's self-understanding from 1505 until at least 1520 was as Brother Martin Luther, Augustinian, not Reformer, and he continued to wear his habit until October 1524. Saak demonstrates that Luther's provocative act represented the culmination of the late medieval Reformation. It was only the failure of this earlier Reformation that served as a catalyst for the onset of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. Luther's true Reformation discovery had little to do with justification by faith, or with his 95 Theses. Yet his discoveries in February of 1520 were to change everything

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

230/.41092

Index

index present

LC call number

BR325

LC item number

.S23 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography