An Open Letter on Translating

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Title: An Open Letter on Translating
Author: Gary Mann
Release Date: April 25, 2008 [EBook #272]
Language: English
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An Open Letter on Translating
By Dr. Martin Luther, 1483-1546
Translated from:
"Sendbrief von Dolmetschen"
in Dr. Martin Luthers Werke,
(Weimar: Hermann Boehlaus Nachfolger, 1909),
Band 30, Teil II, pp. 632-646
by Gary Mann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religion/Theology
Augustana College
Rock Island, Illinois
Preface
Wenceslas Link to all believers in Christ:
The wise Solomon says in Proverbs 11: "The people who withhold grain curse him. But there is a blessing on those who
sell it." This verse speaks truly concerning all that can serve the common good or the well-being of Christendom. This is
the reason the master in the gospel reprimands the unfaithful servant like a lazy scoundrel for having hidden and buried
his money in the ground. So that this curse of the Lord and the entire Church might be avoided, I must publish this letter
which came into my possession through a good friend. I could not withhold it, as there has been much discussion ...