In This Issue
Adiaphora in Reverse – Burnell F. Eckardt Jr.
The Missouri Synod’s Lacking Judiciary – David H. Petersen
Why Rubrics? (Continued) – Mark P. Braden
Rolling Away the Stone – Karl F. Fabrizius
Extraordinary Essay:
The Donkey and Tiger Revisited – Larry L. Beane II
Ocular Aphorisms – Fritz the Penguin
“Usury and avarice have burst in like a flood and have been made lawful … [and yet] are contrary to God.” (SA Preface 12)
As mentioned in the previous part of our series, Luther took his 1519 Short Sermon on Usury and reworked it into a much-expanded sermon, published early the following year and now known as his Long Sermon on Usury (LW 45:273–310). Four years later, this sermon was revised once more and published together with his extensive treatise on trade, translated in the American Edition under the title Trade and Usury. Before turning to this text, however, it is necessary to outline certain events that transpired between 1519 and 1524.