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Chapter 8

Religious Life and the Reformations: Before Reform

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Sources

  1. Following Christ’s Example in the World—Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)

  2. Heinrich Finck, Christ Is Risen (c. 1500)

  3. Preaching to Laymen in their Own Language—Johannes Geiler von Keysersberg, Sermon on the Ants (March 20, 1508)

  4. Johann Geiler von Keysersberg (1590)

  5. Teaching a Mystical Theology—The German Theology [Theologia Deutsch] (14th Century, published in 1516 and 1518)

  6. Preaching a Practical Spirituality—A Sermon by Johannes Tauler (14th century, published in 1515–16)

  7. Preaching Future Security—Johann Tetzel, Sermon on Indulgences (c. 1517)

  8. Martin Luther, Ninety-Five Theses (October 31, 1517)

  9. Broadsheet Depicting an Indulgence Preacher (1530)

  10. Albrecht of Brandenburg as Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1544)

  11. Johannes Villicus, Concerning the Source and Origin of Monks (1545)

 
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