Jonathan Lange

The Bondage of the Will

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Martin Luther



On the Bondage of the Will (Latin: 'De Servo Arbitrio', literally, "On Un-free Will", or "Concerning Bound Choice"), by …

The Orthodox Faith

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Saint John Of Damascus



The Orthodox Faith is the classic epitome of the Early Greek Fathers. Writing just before the last of the truly Ecumenical Councils (787), h…

Concerning Christian Liberty

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Martin Luther



Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the Church, the Nobility a…

Commentary on Galatians

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St. John Chrysostom



St. Chrysostom’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians is continuous, according to chapter and verse, instead of being arranged in Homi…

Treatise on Christ and Antichrist

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Hippolytus Of Rome



In this late second century treatise, Hippolytus gives an excellent summary of Early Christian thinking on the subject of the antichrist. Fa…

The Hexaemeron

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Basil Of Caesarea



The Hexaemeron is the title of nine homilies delivered by St. Basil on the the cosmogony of the opening chapters of Genesis. When and where …

On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

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Martin Luther



Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…

Theological Orations

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Gregory Of Nazianzus



After the death of the Arian Emperor Valens, the synod of Antioch in 379 asked Gregory to help resurrect Constantinople to Nicene orthodoxy.…

The Small Catechism

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Martin Luther



Luther's Small Catechism (Der Kleine Katechismus) was written by Martin Luther and published in 1529 for the training of children. Luther's …

Contra Gentes

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Athanasius of Alexandria



Contra Gentes is the first of a two volume work published by Athanasius of Alexandria prior to the outbreak of the Arian controversy (ca. 31…

Four Discourses Against The Arians

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Athanasius of Alexandria



In spite of Nicea's condemnation of Arius in 325, Arianism was far from dead. For decades after Nicea, political intrigue and personality cl…

Sermons of Leo the Great

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Leo The Great and Pope Leo I



Leo the Great was unanimously elected Bishop of Rome on September 29, 440 AD. At the Council of Chalcedon, his famous "Tome" was a…

The Smalcald Articles

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Martin Luther



A summary of Lutheran doctrine, written by Martin Luther in 1537 for a meeting of the Schmalkaldic League in preparation for an intended ecu…

To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

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Martin Luther



Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…

The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel

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C. F. W. Walther



From September 12, 1884 through November 6, 1885, C.F.W. Walther delivered a series of 39 Friday evening lectures to his students at Concord…

The Large Catechism (Version 2)

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Martin Luther



After the parishes of Saxony were visited in 1528 and found to be in a terribly dismal state, Martin Luther penned the Large Catechism as an…

The Augsburg Confession

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Philipp Melanchthon



The Augsburg Confession is the first and most fundamental Confession of the Lutheran Church. It was composed for a public reading at the Die…

Sacred Meditations

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Johann Gerhard



Meditationes Sacrae, was first published in Latin in 1606 when Gerhard was only twenty-two years old. It consists of 51 brief meditations on…

The Defense of the Augsburg Confession

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Philipp Melanchthon



The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was written by Philip Melanchthon during and after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg as a response to the Pon…

Three Ecumenical Creeds

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Unknowntranslated Byfriedrich Bente, Translated Byfriedrich Bente and Unknowntranslated By Friedrich Bente



"Ecumenical creeds" is an umbrella term used in the western church to refer to the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, and the Atha…

A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope

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Philipp Melanchthon



The Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537) (Latin, Tractatus de Potestate et Primatu Papae), The Tractate for short, is the se…

Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord

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Formula of Concord (1577) is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or "symbol") that, in its t…

Epitome of the Formula of Concord

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Jakob Andreae



Formula of Concord (1577) is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or "symbol") that, in its t…

Book of Concord Preface

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Unknowntranslated Byfriedrich Bente, Translated Byfriedrich Bente and Unknowntranslated By Friedrich Bente



The Christian Book of Concord was published in 1580 as a collection of eleven documents: Three Ecumenical Creeds and eight documents from th…

The Catalog of Testimonies

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Jakob Andreae



This appendix to the 1580 edition of the Book of Concord is a compilation of Scripture passages together with citations from the fathers of …