Martin Luther (1483-1546): 95
Theses, 1517 [At Medieval Sourcebook]
See also 95 Theses - in
Latin [At Medieval Sourcebook] Catholic Encyclopedia: Martin
Luther [the Catholic Encyclopedia is usually reliable as to facts, but this is
a rather biased presentation.]
Martin Luther (1483-1546): Luther Before 1517: Letters to
Spalatin [At this Site]
These letters are interesting in showing Luther's atitude towards Rome and towards
theology. They also reveal that Luther's hatred of Jews, best seen in his 1543 letter, was
not some affectation of old age, but was present very early on.
"On The Jews and Their Lies", a treatise by Martin Luther (translated by Martin H. Bertram, Luther's Works, Vol. 47: The Christian In Society IV, ed. by Franklin Sherman (c) 1971
Fortress Press, pages 121-306) has been removed because of copyright objections. We will attempt
to provide a new translation of the German text at some point, but meanwhile welcome a translation
any scholar wishes to supply.
Pope Leo X : Exsurge
Domine, June 15 1520 [At Papal Encyclicals]
The papal Bull which condemned Martin Luther.
Calvin and Calvinism
John Calvin (1509-1564): Institutes, full
text [At CCEL]
Nicholas de la Fontaine: The
Complaint Against Michael Servetus, 14 August, 1553 [At Hanover]
Servetus was a unitarian who attracted the disapproval of Calvin. Calvin had him attacked,
handed over to the Inquisition in Lyons, where he was burnt.
Puritan Voices [At Hanover]
Nehemiah Wallington, Diary; Josias Nichols, A Plea for the Innocent; Anonymous, Letter
from Hell; Anonymous, Aminadab Blower
James I & VI (b.1566, r. 1566 {Scotland), r. {England} 1603 - 1625): from Anglicanism, 1616 [At this Site]
Represents a much closer approach to "middle way Anglicanism".
Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645): Visitation Articles,
1635 [At this Site]
Thomas Browne (1605-1682): Religio Medici, 1643
[At this Site]
Erasmus (ca. 1469-1536): In
Praise of Folly,, trans. John Wilson, 1688 [Full text][At University of the
South][More Erasmus texts are at the
Erasmus
Text Project
The Treaty of Brest, 1595 [Articles Concerning Union With
The Roman Church][At this Site]
The documents of Union between ther Roman Catholic Church and most of the the Orthodox
bihops of Ukraine.
Sister Marianne: Love
Letters to Noel Bouton de Chamilly [At Internet Archive, from Letters Magazine]
A very different Counter-Reformation experience is seen in these letters by a 17th-century
Portuguese nun "who wrote these letters to her lover, Noel Bouton de Chamilly, a
French officer whom she met in about the year 1663".
Catholic Culture
Andrea Alciato: Book of Emblems: The
Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English [At MUN]
Witchcraft Documents [At Medieval Sourcebook] inc. the Papal Bull of 1484, Johannes Nider on witches, and
extracts from the Malleus malificaram
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