Renovatio: Martin Luther’s Augustinian Theology of Sin, Grace and Holiness. By Phil Anderas
Martin Luther is well known for his doctrine of justification by faith. But what about sanctification? Luther is known ‘not so much’ for a doctrine of growth in holiness.In his introduction, Anderas challenges this prevailing image of Luther as a ‘theologian sans holiness’ (p. 18). The issue was joi...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 945-947 |
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| Summary: | Martin Luther is well known for his doctrine of justification by faith. But what about sanctification? Luther is known ‘not so much’ for a doctrine of growth in holiness.In his introduction, Anderas challenges this prevailing image of Luther as a ‘theologian sans holiness’ (p. 18). The issue was joined as early as 1525, by Erasmus, who questioned Luther in their debate: ‘If the whole man, even when born again through faith, is nothing but “flesh,” where is the “spirit” that is born of the Spirit? Where is the child of God? Where is the new creature?’ The ‘real Luther’—as the image grew up—was the one who proclaimed, ‘Be a sinner and sin boldly but believe and rejoice in Christ more boldly still!’ For, ‘once justified, the righteous sinner has nowhere to go, for there is nowhere he needs to go’ (p. 17). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa051 |