The Enemies of God in Luther's Final Sermons: Jews, Papists, and the Problem of Blindness to Scripture
Martin Luther's attack on the supposed enemies of God in his final sermons was part of the reformer's concerted effort to announce his last will and testament for evangelical Christianity. Chiefly, the article defines what made Jews and papists distinct from other enemies in Luther...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Dialog
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 229-238 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Anti-semitism
B Jews B Martin Luther B Papacy B Judaism B Reformation |
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| Summary: | Martin Luther's attack on the supposed enemies of God in his final sermons was part of the reformer's concerted effort to announce his last will and testament for evangelical Christianity. Chiefly, the article defines what made Jews and papists distinct from other enemies in Luther's view. Jews and papists both had possessed Scripture since ancient times; yet they remained unreceptivefor reasons Luther struggled to explainto the Word therein. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12259 |