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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... grasps not the true God but idols , either the devil , or a wish - fulfilment dream of the human soul - and such ... grasp him but always without success . It in- variably misses him . For this reason , it always identifies as God ...
... grasps not the true God but idols , either the devil , or a wish - fulfilment dream of the human soul - and such ... grasp him but always without success . It in- variably misses him . For this reason , it always identifies as God ...
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... grasp that God whom David [ Psalm 51 ] also grasps . He is the God who is clothed in his promises - God as he is present in Christ .... This is the God you need . May you as you are yourself never be confronted by the unclothed God ...
... grasp that God whom David [ Psalm 51 ] also grasps . He is the God who is clothed in his promises - God as he is present in Christ .... This is the God you need . May you as you are yourself never be confronted by the unclothed God ...
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... grasp in its naked- ness . " God cannot meet us when he is clothed in his majesty . If he came thus , we could not grasp him and we would find the bril- liance of his glory too terrible to bear . Man and God in his maj- esty are enemies ...
... grasp in its naked- ness . " God cannot meet us when he is clothed in his majesty . If he came thus , we could not grasp him and we would find the bril- liance of his glory too terrible to bear . Man and God in his maj- esty are enemies ...
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... grasp him . God thus comes to us hid- den by " fog and shadows " that he has made for our benefit . " This also means that he concretizes , humanizes , and incarnates himself for us . He does not permit us to find him wherever we may ...
... grasp him . God thus comes to us hid- den by " fog and shadows " that he has made for our benefit . " This also means that he concretizes , humanizes , and incarnates himself for us . He does not permit us to find him wherever we may ...
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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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