The political theories of Martin Luther

Luther Hess Waring

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J' "X PoliticalTheoriesThe Martin Lutherof By Ph.D.Luther Hess Waring, * A of the works consulted andbibliography important cited in this is in thestudy given Appendix. 2 i. Bluntschli: TheAristotle: Politics, i., 2, iii., 7, viii., the Political TheoriesTheory of State, p. 35. Dunning: Ancient and et Pollock: An IntroductionMediceval, p. 49 seq. to the etthe ScienceHistory of of Politics, p. it seq. » iroXiriKhv 2.6.v6pitrrto% il>iffei fvov i., 2 Political Theories of Martin Luther is the of all its members. Governmentperfection conducted in the exclusive interest of any part, a of its is athough citizens,majority perversion. The law is to the individual andsuperior man, its is above form ofsovereignty every personal sovereignty. The ancient in wasstate, general, everything. It included and interfered with all the relations in life. Without the citizen was andit, nothing, he had no individual freedom. The idea of the state embraced his entire life "in community, in and morals and culture andart,religion law, science."^ and or churchReligion government, and were and continued so instate, identical, and in fact to the time oftheory generally Constantine.2 a time whenIn the of Rome there washistory thethe word of Caesar was the law and worship of Caesar was the of the world. As Ponti- religion fex Maximus he was the of the nationalhigh priest He held control of both church andreligion. state in his own in a sense,person. Indeed, large he was the and he was the church.

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• Luther

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iffei fvov i., 2 Political Theories of Martin Luther is the of all its members. Governmentperfection conducted in the exclusive interest of any part, a of its is athough citizens,majority perversion. The law is to the individual andsuperior man, its is above form ofsovereignty every personal sovereignty. The ancient in wasstate, general, everything. It included and interfered with all the relations in life. Without the citizen was andit, nothing, he had no individual freedom. The idea of the state embraced his entire life "in community, in and morals and culture andart,religion law, science."^ and or churchReligion government, and were and continued so instate, identical, and in fact to the time oftheory generally Constantine.2 a time whenIn the of Rome there washistory thethe word of Caesar was the law and worship of Caesar was the of the world. As Ponti- religion fex Maximus he was the of the nationalhigh priest He held control of both church andreligion. state in his own in a sense,person. Indeed, large he was the and he was the church." />

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PoliticalTheoriesThe
Martin Lutherof
By
Ph.D.Luther Hess Waring,
*<of in "The Law and theAuthor London," GospelSundays
of etc.Labor,"
SonsG. P. Putnam's
New York and London
Zbe iknichecboclier press
19109
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Copyright, igio
BY
LUTHER HESS WARING
-newItniclierboclter pteee, KorftUbeINTRODUCTORY NOTE
was undertaken in thestudy preparation
THIS of a thesis on Martin Luther's Political
in fulfilment of the workReforms of Germany part
therequired by George Washington University
for the of Doctor of Thedegree Philosophy.
field so and so thatproved inviting important
it has led to a work of thanlarger proportions
and is to the worldoriginally anticipated, given
in the that it be of inservicemayhope throwing
some additional on the theorieslight political
of the reformer of the sixteenthgreat religious
and on the credit that to himcentury belongs
as a forerunner of the modern of thetheory state.
Luther Hess Waring.
D.Washington, C, 1910.
IllCONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGB
—I. Historical Introduction . . . i
— of Luther's Day .II. The Germany 34
— andIII. The OriginNature, Necessity,
of the State .... 61
—IV. The Sovereignty of the State: (A)
Viewed Internally ... 86
—V. The Sovereignty of the State: (B)
Externally . .Viewed .107
—The Right of Reform and Revolu-VI.
tion 135
—The the .VII. of StateObjects .163
—VIII. The Functions of the State . .185
—IX. The Limits of the State . . . 232
Vvi Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
—X. An Estimateof Luther's Place inthe
History of the Theory of the
State 262
Appendix: Bibliography .... 283
Index ....... 291