Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (volume I)

This volume contains the documents that shattered the medieval Christian world and forged a new one. Here are the Ninety-Five Theses, posted on a church door in Wittenberg in 1517, meant as an academic debate about indulgences but becoming an explosion that reshaped civilization. Beyond that famous opening salvo, Luther's treatises on baptism, repentance, and the nature of true faith reveal a theologian wrestling in real time with questions that had haunted Christian thinkers for centuries: How can a sinner find salvation? What role do works play? Who has the authority to interpret scripture? These are primary sources from a moment when one man's conscience dared to challenge an empire of accumulated religious authority. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where modern religious freedom and the secular West actually came from.