95 theses
The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (original Latin: Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum) were written by Martin Luther in 1517 and are widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and the sale of indulgences. It is believed that, according to university custom, on 31 October 1517, Luther posted the ninety-five theses, which he had composed in Latin, on the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. However, the fact that the theses themselves were posted on the church door is disputed.
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/95theses.htm
Martin Luther The Freedom of a Christian
On the Freedom of a Christian, sometimes also called “A Treatise on Christian Liberty” (German: “Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen”) (November 1520), was the third of Martin Luther’s major reforming treatises of 1520, appearing after his Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (August 1520) and the work Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (October 1520). This work was originally written Latin then translated into German and developed the concept that as fully forgiven children of God, Christians are no longer compelled to keep God’s law; however, they freely and willingly serve God and their neighbors. Luther also further develops the concept of justification by faith. In the treatise, Luther stated, “A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.”
excerpts http://richard-hooker.com/sites/worldcultures/REFORM/FREEDOM.HTM
study notes: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEEQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctsfw.net%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2FPlessStudyNotesonTheFreedomof%2520theChristianbyMartinLuther.pdf&ei=p3lsVamkK8WSNpi1gNAJ&usg=AFQjCNGmzNzRHCpgUigLe3wSXLRs4Ds-Tg&bvm=bv.94455598,d.eXY
text 1883 (html-ized) http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CFkQFjAK&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jmstanton.com%2FDocs%2FMartin%2520Luther%2520-%2520On%2520the%2520Freedom%2520of%2520a%2520Christian%2520with%2520lines.pdf&ei=p3lsVamkK8WSNpi1gNAJ&usg=AFQjCNGK0mTEX_6yrv-TnFjJdx--YN9Llw&bvm=bv.94455598,d.eXY
Ulrich Zwingli An Account of the Faith of Zwingli
selected texts: http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1682
Martin Luther That These Words of Christ, This Is My Body,” etc., Still Stand Firm Against the Fanatics
Huldrych Zwingli[a] or Ulrich Zwingli[b](1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly centre of Renaissance humanism. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln, where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus.
How, if at all, is Christ present in the Eucharist? The question itself was one of the most hotly contested of the Protestant Reformation. Though the question is formally a matter of sacramental theology, the answer to the question for the Reformers often rested upon their own Christological presuppositions. After all, how one understands the relationship between the divine and human natures of Christ, as well as what limits (if any!) one believes should be placed upon the physical body of Jesus, will influence how one understands the possibility of the presence of Christ in the elements of bread and wine. One could say that Christology sets the ground rules for sacramental theology.
excerpt from: http://www.kylemcdanell.com/2014/11/this-is-my-body-martin-luther-on-lords.html
for a comparison with Zwingli on Christ's presence in Eucharist: http://www.kylemcdanell.com/2014/11/do-this-in-remembrance-zwingli-on-lords.html
other works by Luther: http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-luther.html
George Blaurock The Hutterite Chronicle
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Thomas Müntzer Sermon Before the Princes
Hutterite history involves a succession of migrations in search of religious freedom. Over a period of four-and-a-half centuries, they moved from Germany and Austria to Moravia which today is the Czech Republic; from there to Hungary and further south to Transylvania which today is Romania, then north to Kiev in the Ukraine, south to the Molotschna in the Ukraine near Alexandrovsk, Zaporozhie, across the Atlantic to the Dakotas in the United States and finally, during World War I, up to the Canadian Prairies. http://www.hutterites.org/history/hutterite-history-overview/
Jörg vom Haus Jacob (Georg Cajacob, or George of the House of Jacob), commonly known as George Blaurock1 (c. 1491 – September 6, 1529), with Conrad Grebel and Felix Manz, was co-founder of the Swiss Brethren in Zürich, and thereby one of the founders of Anabaptism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Blaurock
http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hutterite_Chronicles
The Sermon to the Princes is a sermon apparently delivered by Thomas Müntzer on 13 July 1524, allegedly given to Duke John of Saxony and his advisors in Allstedt, though the circumstances surrounding this event are unclear. The sermon focuses on Daniel 2, a chapter in which Daniel, hostage in Babylon, becomes an adviser to the king because of his ability to interpret dreams. In the sermon, Müntzer presents himself as a new Daniel to interpret the dreams of the princes to them. He interpreted Daniel 2:44 as speaking of the kingdom of God that would consume all earthly kingdoms.
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_document.cfm?document_id=4270
The Schleitheim Confession was the most representative statement of Anabaptist principles, endorsed unanimously by a meeting of Swiss Anabaptists in 1527 in Schleitheim (Switzerland).
http://courses.washington.edu/hist112/SCHLEITHEIM%20CONFESSION%20OF%20FAITH.htm
The Schleitheim Confession of Faith
http://www.mennosimons.net/fulltext.html
Formula of Concord (1577) (German, Konkordienformel; Latin, Formula concordiae; also the “Bergic Book” or the “Bergen Book”) is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or “symbol”) that, in its two parts (Epitome and Solid Declaration), makes up the final section of the Lutheran Corpus Doctrinae or Body of Doctrine, known as the Book of Concord (most references to these texts are to the original edition of 1580). The Epitome is a brief and concise presentation of the Formula’s twelve articles; the Solid Declaration a detailed exposition. Approved doctrine is presented in “theses”; rejected doctrine in “antitheses.” As the original document was written in German, a Latin translation was prepared for the Latin edition of the Book of Concord published in 1584.
Menno Simons The Writings of Menno Simons
Menno Simons (1496 – 31 January 1561) was an Anabaptist religious leader from the Friesland region of the Low Countries. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and his followers became known as Mennonites. “Menno Simons” (ˈmɛnoː ˈsimɔns) is the Dutch version of his name; the Frisian version is Minne Simens (ˈmɪnə ˈsimn̩s), the possessive “s” creating a patronym meaning “Minne, son of Simen”.[citation needed] (cf. the English/Scandinavian family names Johnson, Petersen, Olafsson, etc.)
The Formula of Concord