Three Treatises Author:Martin Luther, Charles M. Jacobs (Translator), A. T. W. Steinhauser (Translator), W. A. Lambert (Translator) The three treatises of Luther included in this volume -- An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and The Freedom of a Christian -- are sometimes referred to as his "primary works". All three were written in 1520 when the struggle between the Reformer and his opponents was at its height. — ... more »"An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility" is reprinted, with minor revisions, from the Philadelphia Edition of "The Works of Martin Luther", translated by Charles M. Jacobs (1943). "The Babylonian Captivity of the Church" is from the American Edition of "Luther's Works", Vol 36, translated by A. T. W. Steinhause and revised by Frederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz (1959). "The Freedom of a Christian" is also from the American Edition, Vol 31, translated by W. A. Lambert and revised by Harold J. Grimm (1957).« less