Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Editorial Conventions
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- List of Early Editions
- Martin Luther’s Letter to Henry VIII
- Henry VIII’s Response to Martin Luther
- Marginalia from the Early Latin Editions
- Prologue and Epigraph to Pynson’s Edition
- Henry VIII’s Preface to the English Translation
- The Archbishop of Mainz’s Letter to Henry VIII
- Hieronymus Emser’s Preface to his German Translation
- Martin Luther’s Response to Emser’s Edition: Martin Luther's Response to the Title of the Insulting Text of the King of England
- Hieronymus Emser’s Confession
- Peter Quentell’s Preface to his First Cologne Edition
- Leonard Cox’s Preface to the Cracow Edition: To the Illustrious and Magnificent Lord Palatine Christopher à Szydłowiecki, Captain of Cracow, Supreme Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, etc, greetings from the Englishman Leonard Cox.
- Stanislaus Hosius’s Epigraph to the Cracow Edition
- Johannes Eck’s Preface to the Ingolstadt Edition
- Duke George of Saxony’s Letter to Henry VIII
- Ortwin Gratius’s Preface to the Second Cologne Edition
- Johannes Cochlaeus’s Admonition to the Reader: A notice to the reader about each epistle, by Johannes Cochlaeus
- Johannes Cochlaeus’s Brief Discussion of Luther’s Response: A Brief Discussion of Luther’s Response to the Royal Letter, addressed by Johannes Cochlaeus to that Noble and Valiant Man, Sir Hermann Rinck of Cologne, King’s Counsellor and Knight of the Golden Spur, etc.
- Ortwin Gratius’s Preface to the Variant Cologne Edition
- Johannes Cochlaeus’s Preface to the Variant Cologne Edition
- Clement VII’s Preface to the Roman Edition
- Commendatory Verses in the Roman Edition
- Johannes Fabri’s Preface to his Answer to Luther’s Response: translated by Richard Rex and Christoph Pretzer
- Juan Luis Vives’s Letter to Henry VIII: To His Royal Majesty.
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Names, Places, and Topics
- Index of Biblical Texts and References
Henry VIII’s Response to Martin Luther
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Editorial Conventions
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- List of Early Editions
- Martin Luther’s Letter to Henry VIII
- Henry VIII’s Response to Martin Luther
- Marginalia from the Early Latin Editions
- Prologue and Epigraph to Pynson’s Edition
- Henry VIII’s Preface to the English Translation
- The Archbishop of Mainz’s Letter to Henry VIII
- Hieronymus Emser’s Preface to his German Translation
- Martin Luther’s Response to Emser’s Edition: Martin Luther's Response to the Title of the Insulting Text of the King of England
- Hieronymus Emser’s Confession
- Peter Quentell’s Preface to his First Cologne Edition
- Leonard Cox’s Preface to the Cracow Edition: To the Illustrious and Magnificent Lord Palatine Christopher à Szydłowiecki, Captain of Cracow, Supreme Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, etc, greetings from the Englishman Leonard Cox.
- Stanislaus Hosius’s Epigraph to the Cracow Edition
- Johannes Eck’s Preface to the Ingolstadt Edition
- Duke George of Saxony’s Letter to Henry VIII
- Ortwin Gratius’s Preface to the Second Cologne Edition
- Johannes Cochlaeus’s Admonition to the Reader: A notice to the reader about each epistle, by Johannes Cochlaeus
- Johannes Cochlaeus’s Brief Discussion of Luther’s Response: A Brief Discussion of Luther’s Response to the Royal Letter, addressed by Johannes Cochlaeus to that Noble and Valiant Man, Sir Hermann Rinck of Cologne, King’s Counsellor and Knight of the Golden Spur, etc.
- Ortwin Gratius’s Preface to the Variant Cologne Edition
- Johannes Cochlaeus’s Preface to the Variant Cologne Edition
- Clement VII’s Preface to the Roman Edition
- Commendatory Verses in the Roman Edition
- Johannes Fabri’s Preface to his Answer to Luther’s Response: translated by Richard Rex and Christoph Pretzer
- Juan Luis Vives’s Letter to Henry VIII: To His Royal Majesty.
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Names, Places, and Topics
- Index of Biblical Texts and References
Summary
¶ The answere of the most mighty and noble prince kyng Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce defensor of the fayth and lorde of Irelande unto the letters of Martyn Luther.
Your letters wrytten the fyrst day of Septembre we have receyved the xx day of Marche. In whiche ye write your selfe to be sorie and ashamed that ye folyly and hastely nat of your owne mynde, but by the instygation of other suche as lytell favoured me dyd put out your boke against me, with whiche ye knowe your selfe that ye have sore offended me and therfore have cause to be in drede and shame to write unto me. Natwithstandyng ye saye that ye be the more bolde nowe to write unto me nat only bycause ye parceyve my benignite suche that consydring my selfe a man mortall I wyll nat beare immortall enmyte; but also for as moche as ye by credible enformation understande that the boke put forthe in my name for the assertyon of the sacramentes was nat myn own but fraudulently devised by false Sophisters to myn ignominy and rebuke, and specially by the Cardynall of Yorke, whom ye call a monster odious to god and man and the pestylence of my realme. And therfore ye say that ye be nowe ashamed to lyfte up your eyen to me that have of lightnes so suffred your self to be moved agaynst suche a kynge, whiche natwithstandynge ye write that ye be forced and compelled ernestly to write unto me bycause that I have nowe begon to beare favoure to the gospell, whiche is (as ye saye) joyfull tidynges to your herte, wherin ye beseche god to encrese me that I may with hole hert obey and favour the gospell, and that he suffre nat myn eares to be occupyed with the pestylent voyces of those Serenis which can nothyng els do but crye out that Luther is an heretyke.
¶ Ye write also that ye wolde I shulde consyder that there can be no harme in your doctryne syth ye teche (as ye say) nothing els but onely that man must nedes be saved in the faythe of Jesu Christ; and that upon this foundation ye bylde charite to your neyghbours and obeydience to your governours with the crucifyeng of the body of synne.
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- Henry VIII and Martin LutherThe Second Controversy, 1525–1527, pp. 74 - 135Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2021