''Responsio ad Lutherum'' is a book written in

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

in 1523 by

Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...

, asked for by

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

, against the teachings of

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

. It was a response to Luther's 1522 tract ''

Against Henry, King of the English ''Against Henry, King of the English'', originally in Latin as ''Contra Henricum Regem Anglie'', was a book written in 1522 by Martin Luther against Henry VIII of England. It was a response to Henry's book, '' Assertio septem sacramentorum.''Richa ...

'' which was itself a reaction to Henry's 1521 treatise '' Defence of the Seven Sacraments''. It was More's first major theological work.

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English translation of ''Responsio ad Lutherum''
1523 books 1523 in England Books by Thomas More Henry VIII Martin Luther 16th-century Latin books {{Christian-book-stub