A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, credited to Philip Melanchthon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, by Philip Melanchthon. Read by Jonathan Lange. The Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537) (Latin, Tractatus de Potestate et Primatu Papae), The Tractate for short, is the seventh Lutheran credal document of the Book of Concord. Philip Melanchthon, its author, completed it on February 17, 1537 during the assembly of princes and theologians in Smalcald. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
• Author credits: Philip Melanchthon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 51:49

Catalogue topics

• religion
• Lutheran
• theology
• protestantism
• Pope
• papacy

Track guide

1. 1 - Summary and Article 1 (1-30) — 18:36
2. 2 - Articles 2 & 3 (31-59) — 14:45
3. 3 - Power and Jurisdiction of Bishops (60-82) — 18:29

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