Martin Luther Pamphlets

Prior and during the time of the Reformation, the print culture was dependent and two major consumers: the church and the state. Printed material was usually: “full or partial editions of biblical texts, sermons, liturgical books, and devotional tracts “. (Pettegree, 982). Martin Luther was a rebellion to the church which limited his possibilities of finding a publisher willing to print his material against the church. Another issue was most publishers at that time were keen on printing large books which is usually printed in a small amount and at a great cost. Luther was on a mission to reach a great number of people and at a fast pace. He could not fulfill his mission with the constraints coming from printing the normal book at that time. There was a series of Banned Books by the Church, it can be argued that there are two reasons why Martin Luther’s work was not part of it. First, Luther’s work was considered to be in a level beneath the ones in the list of Banned Books due to the content of his writing. The second reason would be that he did not actually publish books. It was all pamphlets and one major document, Ninety-Five Theses.