Luther's Peculiar Doctrine of the Imago Dei
Martin Luther believed that through Adam's fall, humanity lost the image of God, which is restored only through justification by faith. That doctrine would imply that non-Christians do not have the image of God in them. This paper analyses Luther's argument and proposes a mediating positio...
| Published in: | Evangelical review of theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Periodicals
2021
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Evangelical review of theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology |
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RELIGIOUS doctrines
B Image of God B Justification (Christian theology) B Theological Anthropology B Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 |
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| Summary: | Martin Luther believed that through Adam's fall, humanity lost the image of God, which is restored only through justification by faith. That doctrine would imply that non-Christians do not have the image of God in them. This paper analyses Luther's argument and proposes a mediating position: all humans retain the divine image, but only justification can restore the divine likeness. |
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| ISSN: | 0144-8153 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology
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