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Luther's Works Volume 68 (Sermons on the Gospel of St. Matthew, Chapters 19-24) (Luther's Works (Concordia)) by Martin Luther; Jaroslav Pelikan; Hilton C Oswald; Helmut T Lehmann; Christopher Boyd Brown; Benjamin T G Mayes is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Luther's Works Volume 68 (Sermons on the Gospel of St. Matthew, Chapters 19-24) (Luther's Works (Concordia)) about?

As a professor for Old Testament, Martin Luther never wrote out a full commentary on Matthew. He preached on it regularly, however, both in the traditional texts of the church year, and especially in his sermon series on Matthew 18 24 (begun in Luther's Works Volume 67 and continued here), preached to the people of Wittenberg over the course of four years (1537 1540). In July 1537, Johann Bugenhagen (1485 1558), the pastor of St. Mary s Church in Wittenberg, departed for Denmark to organize the reformation there, and Luther began preaching in Bugenhagen s stead, on Sundays as well as on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Luther s Wednesday sermons on Matthew s Gospel, 56 in all, probably began on July 11, 1537. The last sermon in this series on Matthew was preached on September 19, 1540. Luther thus continued preaching even after Bugenhagen s return in July 1539, though he moved his Matthew sermons to Sunday afternoons beginning in August. Luther s preaching here is joined closely with the events of 1537 1540. In his exposition of Matthew 18 24, Luther both explains the text and takes the occasion from it to warn his hearers of the dangers he sees threatening the Reformation, such as the te

Author

Martin Luther; Jaroslav Pelikan; Hilton C Oswald; Helmut T Lehmann; Christopher Boyd Brown; Benjamin T G Mayes

Publisher

Concordia Pub. House; Concordia Publishing; Concordia Publishing House

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780758613905

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Bible

Rating

4.33 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14