Wittenberg Uses of Law and Gospel
Melanchthon attempted to preserve the proper preaching of repentance and to teach proper Christian living through the law of God by designating three uses of the law in the Christian life. He did so to counter the form of antinomianism advanced by Johann Agricola. The Wittenberg theologians distingu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Johns Hopkins University Press
2023
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Lutheran quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 249-267 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church NBM Doctrine of Justification NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | Melanchthon attempted to preserve the proper preaching of repentance and to teach proper Christian living through the law of God by designating three uses of the law in the Christian life. He did so to counter the form of antinomianism advanced by Johann Agricola. The Wittenberg theologians distinguished Christian preachers' uses of the law from its functioning in their hearers and the impact it makes on the actions of the hearers. Luther did not use Melanchthon's terminology but recognized that the law as God’s design for humanity functions as societal discipline, call to repentance, and instruction in godly living. For saints who are in combat with their own sinfulness each day, the law's good counsel easily turns to accusation as well. |
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| ISSN: | 2470-5616 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Lutheran quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/lut.2023.a905030 |