Catharine de Bora: Social and Domestic Scenes in the Home of Luther

by John G. Morris

CATHARINE DE BORA,
WIFE OF LUTHER.

CATHARINE DE BORA;

OR,

Social and Domestic
SCENES IN THE
HOME OF LUTHER.

BY
JOHN G. MORRIS,
TRANSLATOR OF “THE BLIND GIRL OF WITTENBERG,” AND PASTOR OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BALTIMORE.

PHILADELPHIA:
LINDSAY & BLAKISTON.
1856.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
LINDSAY & BLAKISTON,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN & SON.

CONTENTS.

Page CHAPTER I. [Clerical Celibacy—Luther—Bernhardi’s Marriage—Treatment of Catharine De Bora—the Convent—Wealthy Nuns—Convent Life—the Escape—Treatment of the Nuns—Florentine de Oberweimer—Leonard Koppe—Luther’s Defence] 9 CHAPTER II. [Luther’s Reflections—Example of the Apostles—Celibacy—Gregory VII.—Luther’s Change of Mind—Luther’s Marriage—Character of Catharine] 27 CHAPTER III. [Wedding-Dinner—Melanchthon—Slanders] 43 CHAPTER IV. [Luther’s Domestic Life—Character of Catharine—Perils of Luther—Sickness—Death of his Parents—Private Life—Catharine] 52 CHAPTER V. [Income—Expenses—Hospitality—Charity—Diet—Afflictions—Despondency—Journeys—Death] 70 CHAPTER VI. [Catharine, a Widow—Her Support—Sufferings—Journeys—Death] 84 CHAPTER VII. [Luther’s Children—Domestic Character—Catharine] 94 CHAPTER VIII. [Character of Catharine] 120