Articles About the Reformation

Recommended Reading

Pless, John T. “Reformation Reading.” Ft. Wayne: Concordia Theological Seminary, 2017. http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/PlessReformationReading.pdf.

Lutheran Sources

Bible

Confessions

Klug, Eugene F A. “Luther’s Contribution to the Augsburg Confession.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 44, no. 2–3 (July 1980): 155–72.
Rosin, Wilbert H. “Luther and the Confessions.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 46, no. 4 (October 1982): 295–98.

Ethics

Berner, Carl Walter. “The Social Ethic of Martin Luther.” Concordia Theological Monthly 14, no. 3 (1943): 161–78.

History

Beinert, Richard A. “Another Look at Luther’s Battle with Karlstadt.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 73, no. 2 (April 2009): 155–70.
Constable, John W. “Reformation as a Youth Movement.” Concordia Theological Monthly 42, no. 10 (November 1971): 671–81.
Fry, C George. “Why Did the Reformation Succeed.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 41, no. 4 (October 1977): 7–17.
Hoyer, Theodore. “Religious Peace of Augsburg.” Concordia Theological Monthly 26, no. 11 (November 1955): 820–30.
Kittelson, James Matthew, and Ken Schurb. “The Curious Histories of the Wittenberg Concord.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 50, no. 2 (April 1986): 119–37.
Kittelson, James Matthew. “Luther’s Impact on the Universities–and the Reverse.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 48, no. 1 (January 1984): 23–38.
Mackensen, Heinz. “Historical Interpretation and Luther’s Role in the Peasant Revolt.” Concordia Theological Monthly 35, no. 4 (April 1964): 197–209.
Maas, Korey D. “The Reformation and the Invention of History.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 76, no. 1–2 (January 2012): 73–87.
Preus, Daniel. “Luther and Erasmus: Scholastic Humanism and the Reformation.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 46, no. 2–3 (April 1982): 219–30.
Ritter, Gerhard. “Why the Reformation Occurred in Germany.” Concordia Theological Monthly 30, no. 10 (October 1959): 723–32.
Spitz, Lewis William. “Discord, Dialogue, and Concord: The Lutheran Reformation’s Formula of Concord.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 43, no. 3 (June 1979): 183–96.

Language

Edwards, Mark U Jr. “Luther’s Last Battles.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 48, no. 2–3 (April 1984): 125–40.

Lutherans in England

Pearce, E George. “Luther and the English Reformation.” Concordia Theological Monthly 31, no. 10 (October 1960): 597–606.
Pearce, E George. “Lutheran Sidelights in English History.” Concordia Theological Monthly 21, no. 5 (May 1950): 347–52.
Tjernagel, N S. “Robert Barnes and Wittenberg.” Concordia Theological Monthly 28, no. 9 (September 1957): 641–53.

Printing

Tillmanns, Walter G. “The Lotthers: Forgotten Printers of the Reformation.” Concordia Theological Monthly 22, no. 4 (April 1951): 260–64.

Preaching

Bouman, Herbert J A. “Doctrine of Justification in the Lutheran Confessions.” Concordia Theological Monthly 26, no. 11 (November 1955): 801–19.
Ferry, Patrick. “Martin Luther on Preaching: Promises and Problems of the Sermon as a Source of Reformation History and as an Instrument of the Reformation.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 54, no. 4 (October 1990): 265–80.

Ministry

Lindberg, Carter. “Conflicting Models of Ministry: Luther, Karlstadt, and Muentzer.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 41, no. 4 (October 1977): 35–50.

Theology

Maxfield, John A. “Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin on the Significance of Christ’s Death.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 75, no. 1–2 (January 2011): 91–110.
Spitz, Lewis William. “Luther’s Sola Scriptura.” Concordia Theological Monthly 31, no. 12 (December 1960): 740–45.

Worship

Roeber, A G. “Official and Nonofficial Piety and Ritual in Early Lutheranism.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 63, no. 2 (April 1999): 119–43.