The Theology of Martin LutherThis is a comprehensive and systematic survey of Martin Luther's entire thought by an internationally recognized authority in the field of Reformation research. The main theological questions which engaged the Reformer's attention are set forth in clear and simple fashion, along with a host of quotations from this own writings to illumine the presentation. Scholars and laypersons alike will appreciate the more than a thousand instances in which the author allows Luther to speak forcefully and directly for himself. |
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... devil , and as freed through Christ , that is , as guilty and pardoned man . At the same time , theology shows man eschatologically , in terms of the life for which God originally created him and which God intends to give him in the ...
... devil , and as freed through Christ , that is , as guilty and pardoned man . At the same time , theology shows man eschatologically , in terms of the life for which God originally created him and which God intends to give him in the ...
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... devil , or a wish - fulfilment dream of the human soul - and such a dream also comes from the devil . Human reason does not know who the real God is . That knowledge is taught only by the Holy Spirit . ' Luther can therefore also appeal ...
... devil , or a wish - fulfilment dream of the human soul - and such a dream also comes from the devil . Human reason does not know who the real God is . That knowledge is taught only by the Holy Spirit . ' Luther can therefore also appeal ...
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... devil or its own thoughts which are controlled by the devil . So there is a great difference between knowing that there is a God and knowing who he is and what he is like . Nature knows the first and it is written in all hearts . The ...
... devil or its own thoughts which are controlled by the devil . So there is a great difference between knowing that there is a God and knowing who he is and what he is like . Nature knows the first and it is written in all hearts . The ...
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... devil ; if the anxieties of conscience come , despair will result ; and if meaningless religion grows , pride will follow . " WA 40 , 337. " God ... does not allow us to find him in our thoughts . If we could do this , we would not need ...
... devil ; if the anxieties of conscience come , despair will result ; and if meaningless religion grows , pride will follow . " WA 40 , 337. " God ... does not allow us to find him in our thoughts . If we could do this , we would not need ...
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... devil . This means that such autonomous attempts can , in every case , result only in something completely contrary to God and produced by the devil . Thus if a man experiences anxiety of conscience and does not seek God in Christ , he ...
... devil . This means that such autonomous attempts can , in every case , result only in something completely contrary to God and produced by the devil . Thus if a man experiences anxiety of conscience and does not seek God in Christ , he ...
Contents
XVII | 51 |
XVIII | 53 |
XIX | 62 |
XX | 70 |
XXI | 72 |
XXII | 73 |
XXIII | 74 |
XXIV | 77 |
XXV | 80 |
XXVI | 84 |
XXVII | 87 |
XXVIII | 90 |
XXIX | 101 |
XXX | 103 |
XXXI | 113 |
XXXII | 116 |
XXXIII | 128 |
XXXIV | 139 |
XXXV | 141 |
XXXVI | 142 |
XXXVII | 148 |
XXXVIII | 151 |
XXXIX | 154 |
XL | 155 |
XLI | 159 |
XLIII | 167 |
XLV | 171 |
XLVI | 177 |
XLVIII | 179 |
XLIX | 191 |
L | 197 |
LI | 199 |
LIII | 200 |
LIV | 206 |
LXV | 259 |
LXVI | 264 |
LXVII | 272 |
LXIX | 278 |
LXX | 285 |
LXXI | 292 |
LXXIII | 295 |
LXXIV | 302 |
LXXV | 311 |
LXXVI | 316 |
LXXVII | 321 |
LXXX | 327 |
LXXXI | 331 |
LXXXIII | 336 |
LXXXIV | 339 |
LXXXV | 343 |
LXXXVII | 346 |
LXXXVIII | 351 |
LXXXIX | 357 |
XC | 362 |
XCI | 368 |
XCII | 373 |
XCIII | 380 |
XCIV | 389 |
XCV | 397 |
XCVI | 402 |
XCVII | 403 |
XCVIII | 408 |
XCIX | 416 |
C | 427 |
CI | 444 |
CIII | 458 |
CIV | 459 |
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