Table Talk by Martin Luther

Table Talk by Martin Luther was lost for more than 100 years. In 1517, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses sparked the Protestant Reformation by challenging the practices of the Catholic Church. Luther’s books were ordered to be burned as a result of Luther’s dissent. Despite this fact, a copy of Martin Luther’s Table Talk (then entitled Divine Discourses) was found preserved under the foundations of a German citizen’s home in 1626. Table Talk contains a series of informal conversations Luther shared with his students and colleagues in his home. The topics of these conversations range from religious doctrine and history to instructions regarding government, church, and the academic university.  While the ethical implications of Luther’s views are highly debated, Table Talk provides an uncensored look at Luther’s influential ideas, download it here in full length as a free PDF e-book:

Martin Luther Table Talk