Luther on Necessity
Among the quotations from Luther's works condemned by the pope in 1520 was the statement that free will is something that exists in name only. In his defense of this statement in Assertio omnium articulorum, published in December 1520, Luther goes one step further. Here he not only declares fr...
Published in: | Harvard theological review |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Harvard theological review
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ God
/ Necessity
/ Human being
/ Free will
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IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
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Summary: | Among the quotations from Luther's works condemned by the pope in 1520 was the statement that free will is something that exists in name only. In his defense of this statement in Assertio omnium articulorum, published in December 1520, Luther goes one step further. Here he not only declares free will to be a concept without factual reference, he even insists that there is no one in the position even to think on one's own, either good or bad, as everything happens with absolute necessity. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816015000036 |