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This volume presents the first English translation of Johannes Heckel's masterpiece on Martin Luther's understanding of law. The book was first published in West Germany in 1953; the second edition (upon which this translation is based) appeared posthumously in 1973. Though the volume is a hefty tome of 566 total pages, the actual text of Lex Charitatis is a mere 132 pages, thanks to Heckel's concise and lucid style. A series of seven appendices comprise another one hundred pages. A number of these appendices summarize or restate material from the main text, though several of them add very helpful clarification to issues covered only briefly (such as Luther's understanding of the right to resist tyrants and the magistrate's cura religionis) or respond to criticism of the first edition (particularly that of Paul Althaus). The endnotes run an astounding 272 pages. Scholars owe a debt of gratitude to the translator and publisher for investing the time and resources necessary to include Heckel's detailed documentation of his claims.
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