Martin Luther's Tabletalk
Martin LutherHardback 2009-03-20
Martin Luther was a lively, enthusiastic talker at home among friends and family, and his associates preserved many of his utterances. The result is this famous compilation of Luther's 'Tabletalk', in which the great reformer expresses his opinions with wit, wisdom, candour and bombast.
Publisher Description
Luther's comments on life, the church and the Bible.
Luther's 'Divine Discourses' (as this book was known) stirred up so much anger in the Roman Catholic Church that all copies were ordered to be burnt under an edict by Pope Gregory XIII. One copy was found by Casparus Van Sparr in 1626, whilst building on a house once owned by his grandfather in Germany. The book was wrapped in a linen cloth treated with beeswax and buried in the ground - it was perfectly preserved.
An English friend of Casparus, Captain Henry Bell, brought the book back to Britain and began the work of translation several times but never completed it. He received a vision of an old man who told him he would complete the translation. Two weeks later he was arrested and spent the next 10 years in jail during which time he completed the work and produced what we now know as 'Tabletalk'.
It is a serendipitous collection so many of the Reformer's words are plain spoken. 484 pages.
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Martin Luther was a lively, enthusiastic talker at home among friends and family, and his associates preserved many of his utterances. The result is this famous compilation of Luther's 'Tabletalk', in which the great reformer expresses his opinions with wit, wisdom, candour and bombast.
Publisher Description
Luther's comments on life, the church and the Bible.
Luther's 'Divine Discourses' (as this book was known) stirred up so much anger in the Roman Catholic Church that all copies were ordered to be burnt under an edict by Pope Gregory XIII. One copy was found by Casparus Van Sparr in 1626, whilst building on a house once owned by his grandfather in Germany. The book was wrapped in a linen cloth treated with beeswax and buried in the ground - it was perfectly preserved.
An English friend of Casparus, Captain Henry Bell, brought the book back to Britain and began the work of translation several times but never completed it. He received a vision of an old man who told him he would complete the translation. Two weeks later he was arrested and spent the next 10 years in jail during which time he completed the work and produced what we now know as 'Tabletalk'.
It is a serendipitous collection so many of the Reformer's words are plain spoken. 484 pages.