Documents - Part III: Section B – Reformation Agendas

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1.	Martin Luther's "Tower Experience" (1545) In 1545, Martin Luther penned the following autobiographical introduction for a collection of his....
2.	Practical Reformation – Pastor Matthias Bengel to the Governor at Kassel (December 24, 1531) Matthias Bengel was a pastor in the community of Morschen in northern Hesse. This letter, written to the Hessian Governor at Kassel in 1531, sheds light on practical problems relating to the introduction....
3.	Iconoclasm – Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt Argues against Images (1522) The Franconian Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt (1486-1541) was the chancellor of the University of Wittenberg, where Martin Luther was a professor....
4.	From Reformer to Revolutionary – Thomas Müntzer, Sermon to the Princes (July 13, 1524) Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489-1525) was a priest and early ally of Martin Luther. After Münzter began pushing a more radical agenda, however, the two had a falling out. In 1521, Münzter was expelled from....
5.	The Marburg Colloquy – Report by a Lutheran Eyewitness (1529) After the Lutherans raised their protest at the Imperial Diet of Speyer in 1529, thus giving rise to the name “Protestant,” the doctrinal quarrel between Martin....
6.	The Marburg Colloquy – Ulrich Zwingli's Report (October 20, 1529) In October 1520, Landgrave Philip of Hesse invited Martin....
7.	The Marburg Colloquy – The Marburg Articles (1529) This text contains the articles of the agreement signed at Marburg by Luther, Zwingli, and eight....
8.	The Birth of Anabaptism – Report on Early Rebaptisms (January 30-February 7, 1525) Starting in the mid-1520s, the leaders of the young Protestant movement faced a constellation of opponents who were united by two basic beliefs. First, they insisted on the validity of adult baptism....
9.	Definition and Demarcation – Conrad Grebel and Others to Thomas Müntzer (September 5, 1524) The early Swiss Anabaptist leader Conrad Grebel (c. 1498-1526) and some other “Swiss Brethren” wrote the following letter to ....
10.	An Anabaptist Confession of Faith – The Schleitheim Articles (1527) Drafted in 1527 as a union document, the Schleitheim Articles are the most famous Anabaptist statement of faith. The Articles are attributed to Michael Sattler (c. 1495-1527), a former Benedictine....
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