Volume 22

Colloquia or Table Talk.

The opening title material for Luther's Table Talk in the St. Louis edition.

Foreword.

The present 22nd volume of our revised edition of Luther's works according to J. G. Walch has been edited by Professor Hoppe, who has been appointed since last fall to edit this ed

Introduction.

Luther once expresses the wish,*) that he could have been present only one time at the most lovely company of the Lord JEsu with his disciples, in order to enjoy it. A similar wish

Main index to Luther's Table Talks.

An alphabetical index to the major themes and headings in Luther's Table Talk.

Meaningful Table Talks

Table Talk material arranged by the chief heads of Christian doctrine.

From God's Word or the Holy Scriptures.

1. Of the holy Biblia. 2. proof that the Bible is the Word of God.

On GOD's works.

I. That reason cannot understand nor comprehend God's works. 2. God hides His gifts so that one does not become aware of them.

Of The Creation.

1. the creation is briefly described by Moses. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Of the world and its kind.

1. the godless nature of the world. 2. the insatiability and overindulgence of the human heart.

From idolatry.

1. what idolatry is. 2. to establish worship without God's command.

Of the Holy Trinity.

1. comparison of the holy trinity. 2 There is an image of the Trinity in all creatures.

Of the Lord Christ.

1. that Christ is truly God. 2. whereby Christ's divinity is recognized.

Of the Holy Spirit.

1. of the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 2. when the Holy Spirit has begun to fulfill His ministry.

Of sin, and its difference, nature and punishment.

1. difference of hereditary and real SUnde. 2. sinning against the recognized truth.

Of the free will.

1. from the name of free will. 2. what free will creates?

Of the holy catechism.

The catechism must remain. 2. the catechism is necessary in the church, especially for the children.

Of the Law and the Gospel.

1. whether one owes to keep Mosiah's secular and political laws. 2. the law most terrifies the godly.

That faith in Christ makes everything righteous before God.

1. Whether a man is justified and acceptable before God initially by faith, but afterwards completely by works. 2-11. disputation of Philipp Melanchthon with D. Martin Luther Anno

Of good works.

1. of one's own and other's justice. 2. that no law is given to the righteous.

Of prayer.

1. what power prayer has. 2. about prayer and its power.

Of confession of doctrine, and consistency.

1. example of the constancy of the Christians under the emperor Juliano. 2. another example of consistency.

Of Holy Baptism.

1. of the sacred sacraments. 2 Baptism and the Word are the greatest gifts of God.

Of aural confession.

1. of the abuse of auricular confession in the papacy. 2. secret and serious cases in confession should be handled carefully and in a Christian manner.

Of the Sacrament of the Altar, the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

1. the papists, error of the power of the church. 2. a question from two brothers.

Of the Christian Church.

The first reason why the papacy was challenged and overthrown by the gospel. 2. what the church is.

The 21st Chapter. Of the Excommunication and Ban, or Church Jurisdiction.

1. where the ban of the church come from, and against whom it is to be used. 2. what the ban is.

Of the preaching ministry or church servants.

1. reduction of the preaching ministry by the Sacramentarians. 2. the theologia speculativa.

Of angels.

1. what an angel is. 2. how and what to teach about angels.

Of the devil and his works.

1. A godless person is a conterfei or image of the devil. 2. the devil's image and likeness from the ten commandments.

Of sorceries.

1. how D. L.'s mother was plagued by a sorceress. 2. the power of sorcery against the Christians.

From contestations.

1. Luther's challenge to his doctrine, so that the devil often plagued him, and how he fought him off. 2. the power of the divine word.

Of the Antichrist, or Pope.

1. the image of the Antichrist. 2 Luther's interpretation of the prophecy of the prophet Daniel Cap. 11 about the Antichrist.

Of the adversaries who have written against Luther

1. from Cochläo, Duke Georgs zu Sachsen theologo. 2. from the seven kopsen Cochläi Wider Lutherum.

Of the downfall of the enemies of the divine word.

1. from some papists quick and' frightening death. 2. punishment of presumption.

About the monks, their life and good days.

1. of the papists fasting. 2. monasticism strives hard against God's creation.

Of cardinals and bishops.

1. from the Cardinal of Salzburg. 2. from another Cardinal in Germany.

Of the papal or ecclesiastical right.

1. what the pope's decree contains. 2. from the decree of the pope.

Of human traditions.

1. where the statutes in the papacy come from. 2. finite cause of human statutes in the papacy.

Of ceremonies.

1. that ceremonies shall be free. 2. whether to eat meat on Friday and at other forbidden times.

Of the Mass.

The mass is the foundation of the papacy. 2. abomination of the fair.

Of Purgatory.

(Lauterbach, Jan. 10, 1538, p. 6 f.) A Hungarian asks Luthern for advice. On this day a student came to him to ask him for advice because of some doubts, and quoted from the Loci c

Of fanatics, gangs and sects who have rebelled against D. M. Luther.

1. by Marco N. of Zwickau, and a turner. 2. reds are proud and presumptuous.

Of Christians and a Christian life.

1. what a Christian is. 2. the Christian service.

Of hypocrites and false brothers.

1. the greatest harm comes to the church from false brothers. 2. what a hypocrite is.

From Sophistry.

1. beware of sophistry. 2. from Wicelio.

Of annoyances.

1. what are the biggest annoyances. 2. the best becomes the ugliest.

Of the right worship.

Of God's and Satan's obedience. 2. two kinds of sacrifice in the Old Testament.

Of marriage.

1. that righteous love between spouses is strange. 2. whether a minister of the church may remain without marriage for the sake of the preaching ministry.

Of authorities and princes.

1. authority is a sign of divine grace. 2. difference among parents and the authorities.

Of kings, princes and lords.

1. by Margrave Joachim the Other. 2. princes and lords want to be unpunished.

Of disagreement.

1. how to make unity. 2. one must yield to the other for the sake of peace.

Of diseases and the same causes.

I. What are the most serious temptations and diseases? Where all diseases and plagues come from.

Of death.

The life of man is in the midst of death. 2. of the children's death.

Of the Resurrection of the Dead and Eternal Life.

1. 2. of the resurrection of Christ and the dead. 3. Abraham's belief in the resurrection of the dead.

Of damnation and hell.

1. what is teeth chattering. According to and from God's word, one can certainly judge who is damned.

Of the last day.

1. D. Luther's thoughts on the last day. 2 M. Michael Stiefels Irrthum vom jüngsten Tage.

Of allegories and spiritual interpretations of Scripture, how to deal with them.

1. description of the allegories. 2. from St. Margaret's Legend.

Of legends of the saints.

1. from St. Elisabeth. 2. from the Christian Order.

Of Concilia.

1. what is the use of concilia. . 2 The Pope's and the Cardinals' humble letter to the King's preachers.

Of imperial congresses and conventions or assemblies in matters of religion.

1. how Luther fared at Augsburg. 2. of D. Luther's journey and action at the Diet of Worms in 1520.

Of spiritual or church property.

1. D. Luther's Concerns of Church Property. 2. a pious matron's Christian testament.

Of books of the Fathers in the Church.

1. what to think of the writings of some fathers. The fathers in the church are good for teaching, but they do not count for much in disputing.

Of school theologians.

1. from the terminists. 2. D. Luther's judgment of Lombardus.

Of books of the New Testament.

I. D. Luther's Argument and Summaries on the 5th, 6th and 7th Chapters of Matthew. 2. from St. Lucä and Johanne, as they described the Passion.

Of patriarchs and prophets.

1. from David. 2. David has to see too much things through the fingers.

Of the apostles or disciples of Christ.

1. of the fear of the disciples. 2 Why the pope does not praise St. Paul more than St. Peter.

Of wars.

1 Through treacherousness one causes much in wars. 2. from the gun.

Of excellent war chiefs and heroes.

I. By Andrea de Doria. 2. from Tamerlan.

Of counter and emergency defense.

1. whether to resist the emperor. 2. short list and summary of the concept of D. M. Luther from the warning to the Germans of the emergency defense.

Of noblemen.

1. of the presumption of the noblemen. 2. noblemen despisers of good arts.

Of lawyers.

1. that the jurists are concerned only with the secular regime. 2. from the saying Ps. 2, 2: The lords counsel 2c.

Of schools, universities and good arts.

1. where to get preachers and pastors. 2. what houses most comfortable.

Of Musica.

1. from the music benefit and power. 2. from singing.

Of languages.

1. of the Greek, Hebrew and Latin languages. 2. languages are preserved by God alone.

Of astronomy and star art.

1. of the movement of the heavens and the course of the stars. 2. how far one should approve astronomy.

Of signs and weather.

Anno 1517, when the Gospel went out, a beautiful bright Crucifix was seen in the moon at Weimar by both Electors and Princes of Saxony 2c. In 1516, Duke Johannes of Saxony in Weima

Of studies.

1. good books, and the little, you should read often. 2. from comedies.

Of scholars.

1. future shortage of learned people. The world cannot be governed without learned people.

Of the Jews.

1. the Jews fame. The Jews' Handling and Superstition.

Of the Turk.

1. about the Turk and his wars and victories. 2. D. Luther's admonition on how to fight the Turk.

Of lands and cities.

1. from Germany. 2. the fertility of the German land.

Of the city of Rome.

1. of the abominable wickedness and the regiment at Rome. 2. from D. Luther's journey and train to Rome.

Of profession.

1. Divine profession of teachers is their greatest comfort. 2. God wants diligence and faithfulness in every man's profession, for he who is negligent in small things is also negli

Of drunkenness.

Doctor M. Luther said: "If the German country did not have so much silk and so much spice, there would be no danger, and Germany would be much richer than it is. Item: We could wel

Of court life.

1. the courtiers' disfavor. 2. of the blasphemies and calumnies at courts.

Appendix of some table talks,

so belong in chapters shown below. 1. the interpretation of the Bible.

Supplements.

1. ad Col. 1013 of our edition, to note 2: Probably here is a severe corruption of the text in the original. Instead of: Sicut Paulus erat, qui herebat in Epaphrodito, perhaps it s

Proverbs of the Holy Scriptures,

The table speeches contain useful explanations and interpretations. 1, 27: God created them male and female. Table Talks: Cap. 43, § 5.

AppendiX No. I. 1)

Translation of the pieces from M. Anton Lauterbach's diary for the year 1538, which are not found in the Tischreden. At the same time as a table of contents for those who wish to r

Appendix No. II.

Translation of the pieces from the diary about D. Martin Luther, kept by D. Conrad Cordatus in 1537, which are not found in the Table Talks. At the same time as a table of contents

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