Against Hans Worst

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Against Hans Worst is a writing by Martin Luther from 1541 about his ecclesiology (doctrine of the church).

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This writing is a testament of Luther, in which he summarizes his views and his life's work. Because of his drastic language in which he insults his opponents, the work is received very differently.

The handwritten manuscript Luther to this document, the two other manuscripts Luther which together Cultural History Museum Magdeburg belonged was in the pillage of the deposits in the salt production at the 1945 Salt Mine stolen Neustaßfurt and later became the Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis , USA, a facility handed over to the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod for safekeeping. From there it was returned to the Kulturhistorisches Museum in 1996.

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In this pamphlet, Martin Luther takes a stand against Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig zu Wolfenbüttel , Johann Friedrich I of Saxony , the Elector of Saxony, who attacked Luther himself in a pamphlet. Luther defends himself against the accusation that he insulted his sovereign Johann Friedrich by calling him " Hans Worst ". He accuses Heinrich II of wanting to make himself known at his own expense by spreading lies. In addition, he blasphemed against the Elector of Saxony by insulting him as a heretic.

In the course of his counter-speech, Martin Luther himself verbally and partly in hateful fecal language against Heinrich and makes a sweeping blow against the "Papists" and against the indulgence preacher Johann Tetzel . With the help of many biblical passages, he tries to convince the opponents of the falseness of their belief and systematically presents his own convictions. He sums up how the Reformation had come about from his own perspective. He sees his reformed church as the continuation of the old church and denies the true faith of the Catholics.

He says that he pays more attention to the quality of his writings than to the quantity, which he believes his opponents value more.

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  1. ↑ Holger Flachmann: Martin Luther and the book. Mohr Siebeck, 1996.

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