Part 42 (1/2)

Luther did not publish these sermons himself He elaborated the principles here uttered in the treatise, published a feeeks later, _The Reception of both Kinds in the Sacrahts of sermons 1 to 4, and foration, is now held to be a piece of written preparation by Luther for these sermons[17]

The notes of a hearer of these sermons furnished the basis for the printed editions The Wednesday sersburg and other places; the eight ser and Mainz Seven editions of the former and six of the latter are known

Johann Aurifaber, the publisher of Luther's Table-talk, also edited and published these sermons at Eisleben in 1564 His free amplification of the older text, in an attempt to modernize it, is not an improvement His considerable additions to Luther's Scripture citations are from Luther's own translation of a later date Yet for two centuries this edition reain to pay attention to the original text, however placing the Aurifaber text first (_Walch Ed_, XX) The _Erlangen Edition_ (XXYHI) observes the same order O von Gerlach, _Luthers Werke_, _Auswahl seiner Hauptschriten_ (Berlin, 1841), gives only the older text (V); Buchwald, in the Berlin Edition (I), gives only the Aurifaber text The Weimar Edition (Xc) places the old text on the upper half of the page, with the Aurifaber recension immediately below The translation which follows is based on the older text as found in the _Weimar Edition_, hich the other editions have been compared

For further discussion, see, in addition to the literature raphies of Luther and the Church Histories Also

Barge's articles in the _Realencyklopadie_, X, 73 ff and XXIII, 738 ff; also Kolde's, IV, 639 ff and XIII, 556 ff

Barge, _Fruhprotestantisches Ge, 1909

Cristiani, _Du Lutheranisme au Protestantisme_, Paris, 1911

Boeh_, third ed, Leipzig, 1914

Vedder, _The Reformation in Germany_ New York, 1914

A STEIMLE

Allentown, Pa

FOOTNOTES

[1] The consequent closing of the churches except for preaching services leads Muller (_Luther und Karlstadt_, p 52) to see in this the origin of the Protestant custoust 1, 1521 Enders, _Luthers Briewechsel_, III, 208

[3] December 20, 1521 Enders, III, 257

[4] Date of both, November, 1521 Both in _Wei_, VI The latter also in German (_Vom Misbrauch der Messe_), _Erl Ed_, XXVIII

[5] 24 Theses (July, 1521) Barge, _Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt_, I, 291 Repeated in _De celebratione missae_ (October), _ibid_, 487

[6] _De scandalo et oriano disputatio_ (1520), _ibid_, 492

[8] _Von Abthuung der Bilder_ (January, 1522), _ibid_, 367

[9] See Kostlin-Kawesau, _Martin Luther_, I, 485

[10] Published by H Lietzmann in _Kleine Texte_, no 21; also in Richter, _Kirchenordnungen_, II, 484

[11] _Weimar Ed_, VIII, 670 ff _Erl Ed_, XXII, 43 ff

[12] Luther's letter to the elector on March 7th De Wette, II, 138; _Weimar Ed_, Xc Introd, xlvii f

[13] Enders, III, 484

[14] Kessler, _Sabbata_, _St Gallen_, 1902 Quoted at length in _Weimar Ed_, Xc, Introduction, lii