The importance of this Commentary on Galatians for the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the sinner for the sake of Christ's merits alone. We have permitted in the final revision of the manuscript many a passage to stand which seemed weak and ineffectual when compared with the trumpet tones of the Latin original. But the essence of Luther's lectures is there. May the reader accept with indulgence where in this translation we have gone too far in modernizing Luther's expression--making him "talk American."
Copyright: Public Domain
CCEL Identifier: ccel/luther/galatians/1.05
How to Reference This Edition: Wheaton, IL: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 1999-01-05, v1.05, URL http://ccel.wheaton.edu/l/luther/Galatians/About.htm
Description:The importance of this Commentary on Galatians for the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the sinner for the sake of Christ's merits alone. We have permitted in the final revision of the manuscript many a passage to stand which seemed weak and ineffectual when compared with the trumpet tones of the Latin original. But the essence of Luther's lectures is there. May the reader accept with indulgence where in this translation we have gone too far in modernizing Luther's expression--making him "talk American."
First Published:1539
Pub History:"The lectures which are preserved in the works herewith submitted to the American public were delivered in 1531...A German translation bu Justus Menius appeared in the Wittenberg Edition of Luther's writings, published in 1539." This translation and condensation published 1949.
Comments: Robert Smith (cosmithb@ash.palni.edu) has a letter from Zondervan stating that the copyright was not renewed and the book is in the public domain.
Published:Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1962, c. 1949.
Copy Location:Buswell Library, 227.4 L977c
Revision History: v1.05. Updated for ThML0.993, Voyager version v1.04. Updated for ThML0.99.
Status:Could use a thorough proofread; caught a few errors just from scanning briefly
| Element | Scheme | Content |
| DC.Title.Main | Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | |
| DC.Title.Alternative | In epistolam Sancti Pauli ad Galatas commentarius 1531. English. | |
| DC.Creator | Luther, Martin | |
| DC.Creator.Translator | Graebner, Theodore | |
| DC.Subject | LCSH | |
| DC.Subject | CCEL | Classic; BibleStudyTool; Protestant; |
| DC.Description | The importance of this Commentary on Galatians for the history of Protestantism is very great. It presents like no other of Luther's writings the central thought of Christianity, the justification of the sinner for the sake of Christ's merits alone. We have permitted in the final revision of the manuscript many a passage to stand which seemed weak and ineffectual when compared with the trumpet tones of the Latin original. But the essence of Luther's lectures is there. May the reader accept with indulgence where in this translation we have gone too far in modernizing Luther's expression--making him "talk American." | |
| DC.Publisher | Wheaton, IL: Christian Classics Ethereal Library | |
| DC.Publisher.Address | URL | mailto:ccel@wheaton.edu |
| DC.Publisher | CCEL | CCEL |
| DC.Contributor.Transcriber | Laura J. Hoelter | |
| DC.Contributor.Markup | Wendy Huang | |
| DC.Date.Created | ISO8601 | 1999-01-05 |
| DC.Type | Text.Monograph | |
| DC.Format | IMT | text/html |
| DC.Identifier | CCEL | ccel/luther/galatians/1.04.htm |
| DC.Identifier | http://ccel.wheaton.edu/l/luther/Galatians/About.htm | |
| DC.Subject | LCCS | |
| DC.Subject | DDC | |
| DC.Source.Etext | Project Wittenberg | |
| DC.Source.Etext | URL | http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/gal/web/gal-inx.html |
| DC.Source.Print | Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1962, c. 1949, 5th ed. | |
| DC.Language | ISO639-1 | en |
| DC.Rights | Public Domain |