Omnia necessitate fieri - Darümb tue nur, was Du schuldig bist: Luthers Lehre vom unfreien Willen und seine Unterweisung im Christsein
In his De servo arbitrio Luther argues that there is no freedom with respect to human will and decision because these are completely determined by divine providence. In his catechisms he nonetheless admonishes everyone to engage actively in the practices of the Christian life. The question is how th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
[2018]
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Kerygma und Dogma
Year: 2018, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 178-202 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546, De servo arbitrio
/ Luther, Martin 1483-1546, Großer Katechismus
/ Luther, Martin 1483-1546, Kleiner Katechismus
/ Free will
/ Commandment
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | In his De servo arbitrio Luther argues that there is no freedom with respect to human will and decision because these are completely determined by divine providence. In his catechisms he nonetheless admonishes everyone to engage actively in the practices of the Christian life. The question is how these two concepts are compatible with each other. The essay describes how Luther understands Christian life. To recognise and accept that God is sovereign over the whole world and one's own life liberates the will from being slave to its own quaerere quae sua sunt (seeking the things of self). This liberation means selfdetermination in unity with the divine will and the possibility to act freely and responsibly toward oneself and fellow humans. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-8020 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kerygma und Dogma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/kedo.2018.64.3.178 |