MARTIN LUTHER: FAITH IN CHRIST AND THE GOSPELS

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Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Rev Dr. Eric W. Gritsch is Emeritus Professor  of Church History,  Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary where he also directed the Institute for Luther Studies.  A native of Austria, he experienced firsthand the reign of Adolf Hitler and the tyranny of Communism; he came to the United States in 1954.  He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  He has taught at Wellesley College, the Catholic University of America, California Lutheran University, the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, and in the Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Chair at the Melanchthon Institute in Houston, TX.

Dr. Gritsch participated for two decades in the North American Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, and has served for a decade of the Board of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology, St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore.  The Rev. Eric W. Gritsch and his spouse Bonnie live in Baltimore, Maryland and is a member of the congregation of the Zion Church of Baltimore.

MARTIN LUTHER: FAITH IN CHRIST AND THE GOSPELS

This carefully selected anthology strives to supply hands-on knowledge of this man who would change history. It emphasizes Luther's work as theologian, exegete, and pastor. This book serves as an excellent introduction to Martin Luther's ecumenical spirituality. Selected writings are prefaced by an ample introduction, giving a biographical sketch of Luther and highlighting his hopes and goals for the Church. It also speaks to the difficulties that arose between Luther and the Catholic Church of his time, leading to schism.

MARTIN- GOD'S COURT JESTER

Luther championed the truth of the Word of God as it judges and comforts sinners. In the face of papal and imperial power, and in the face of his own spiritual turmoil, his anfechtungen, the Wittenberg professor never lost his sense of the intimate connection between faith and humor, which are both anchored in him "Who sits in the heavens and laughs". (Psalm 2:4) Luther had great insights, and he made grave mistakes. But he always clung to the God who, in Jesus Christ, woos his estranged creatures back to child-like trust.