Some Resources for remembering 1517
and the beginning of the Reformation
Ecumenical resources:
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The Lutheran World Federation and The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Unity. From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of
the Reformation in 2017. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013. A text from the
international Catholic-Lutheran dialogue meant to be a help to thinking about 2017. The
text can be found here:
https://www.lutheranworld.org/sites/default/files/From%20Conflict%20to%20Communio
n.pdf and a helpful study guide here:
http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/From_Conflict_To_Commu
nion_Study_Guide_3-13.pdf
Koch, Kurt. ‘From Conflict to Communion’: Principles and Possibilities for the Ongoing
Ecumenical Process. Geneva: 2013. A statement from the President of the Vatican
Ecumenical Office on the Conflict to Communion text.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/lutheran-feddocs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20130617_presentation-card-koch_en.html
The Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church. Joint Declaration on
the Doctrine of Justification.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstu
ni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html
Resources for the 500th commemoration:
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Hendrix, Scott H. Martin Luther: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2010. Written in a straightforward manner, with up to date
scholarship, and an excellent bibliography for further reading.
Luther, Martin. The Freedom of a Christian. Translated by Mark D. Tranvik.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008. The best single piece to read by Luther.
The website of the official “Luther Decade” in Germany. The “decade” is an
ambitious project of state governments, more oriented to tourism than theology, but
basic information about Luther and the Reformation is given:
http://www.luther2017.de/en/
Resources from the Lutheran World Federation related to 2017:
https://2017.lutheranworld.org/
Resources and events through the ELCA commemorating the 500th anniversary of the
Reformation: http://www.elca500.org/