Reforming the Art of Dying: The Ars Moriendi in the German Reformation (1519-1528)The Reformation forced Christians to reconsider virtually every aspect of their faith, and those who embraced Luther's teachings had to find new ways of dealing with the many aspects of their lives. Nowhere is this more true than with death. By the beginning of the sixteenth century the Catholic Church had an established and sophisticated mechanism for dealing with death and its consequences, all of which were rejected by the Protestant reformers. In order to fill this gap and offer comfort to the dying, they produced new church orders and published handbooks on dying. This study focuses on the earliest of these Protestant handbooks, beginning with Luther's Sermon on Preparing to Die in 1519 and ending with Jakob Otter's Christlich leben vnd sterben in 1528. |
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adapted from LW Aiij Ain koestlicher Ain Lettaney Anfangk Anfechtung auff Babylonian Captivity baptism Bereitung zum Sterben body and blood Borner Bugenhagen Castenbaur Christian Christlich leben vnd cited confession consolation devil Diepold direct address dying person editions emotional eternal Euangelisch lere exhortation Georg Spalatin glauben God's Gott grace Grundriss der Rhetorik Güttel Heilsungewißheit hell Holy Hortulus animae Hymelstrasz illustrated Ars moriendi images Jean Gerson Jesus Johannes Johannes Bugenhagen Johannes Oecolampadius justification by faith Kawerau Kaysersberg krancken Landskron late medieval leben vnd sterben Linck Lord Lord's Supper Luther's Sermon Martin Luther mercy Mohr moriendi Nunc dimittis Odenbach Oecolampadius one's Otter passion prayer preparation for death priest reader receive the sacrament Reformation scripture Sermon on Preparing seyn sick person Simeon Spalatin Sterbebücher sterbenden sund teaching temptations testament theology todt Translation adapted troestliche Sermon Troestung Trost Büchlin Ueding Venatorius Versehung vn(d vnnd vnser vnterricht wirt words wort zu(o