Toward law–gospel harmony in Lutheran theology and ethics
Lutheran antipathy toward the law is harmful to Christian ethics. This antipathy arises from the false notion that law and gospel are opposed. However, the Lutheran Confessions show that law-gospel distinction does not necessarily imply law-gospel opposition. When law and gospel are properly defined...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Dialog
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 225-232 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDD Protestant Church NBA Dogmatics NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
law–gospel distinction
B Lutheran ethics B Antinomianism B multiperspectivalism B works righteousness B third use of the law |
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| Summary: | Lutheran antipathy toward the law is harmful to Christian ethics. This antipathy arises from the false notion that law and gospel are opposed. However, the Lutheran Confessions show that law-gospel distinction does not necessarily imply law-gospel opposition. When law and gospel are properly defined, they interrelate harmoniously within a multiperspectival model of Christian ethics. Moreover, the third use of the law then emerges as the basic and primary use. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12578 |