The Medieval Church · c. 1350–1400
The German Theology
Theologia Deutsch
Anonymous
What it is
An anonymous treatise on how self-will is the whole of sin, and how the soul must let God act in it rather than claiming anything as its own.
Why it lasted
Luther's first published book was an edition of it, and he said no book except the Bible and Augustine had taught him more.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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