To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

With a Biographical Introduction

By: Martin Luther

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Regimen Books Christian Classics publishes high-quality texts of important books. Each includes an informative, insightful introduction written today by an expert. / Martin Luther Luther wrote To the Christian Nobility in 1520 to rouse Germany’s princes to reform the Church. The first 4,000 copies sold out in just two weeks. “In this treatise we meet Luther the German. His heart is full of grief for the affliction of his people.... [The book] is of absorbing interest and priceless historical value.” Luther argued that the Roman Catholic Church was corrupt, and he contended that, since the Church was unwilling to reform, then secular authorities should step in. He addressed the book to the German nobility because he believed only they could force the necessary reform. But the book was more than a polemic. In it, Luther stated a number of important theological doctrines that remain with us still.