Teufelsdreck: Eschatology and Scatology in the "Old" Luther
Luther himself did not see his activities broken into periods (e.g., "young Luther," "mature Luther," "older Luther"), nor did he see his preaching as the beginning of a "Movement." Rather, Luther preached as one standing between God and the devil at the end o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1988
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1988, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 435-450 |
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| Summary: | Luther himself did not see his activities broken into periods (e.g., "young Luther," "mature Luther," "older Luther"), nor did he see his preaching as the beginning of a "Movement." Rather, Luther preached as one standing between God and the devil at the end of time. One should not apologize, by way of psychogrammatic history or periodizations of Luther's life, to explain away verbal vituperation as that of an old and unhappy man. Even as early as 1515 Luther was using scatalogical language against that great foe, the devil. Luther's method was to shout down the foe with the admonition "Das frissestu!" and to sling back its own filth (Teuffels Dreck). Thus the traditional picture of Luther as old, vile, and bitterly resigned is misleading and should be revised. This article pursues some of the implications of such revisions for both theologians and social historians, taking into account twentieth-century ecumenical concerns. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540472 |