The “Enemies of God” in Luther's Final Sermons: Jews, Papists, and the Problem of Blindness to Scripture

Martin Luther's attack on the supposed “enemies of God” in his final sermons was part of the reformer's concerted effort to announce his last will and testament for evangelical Christianity. Chiefly, the article defines what made Jews and “papists” distinct from other enemies in Luther...

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1. VerfasserIn: Evener, Vincent (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Dialog
Jahr: 2016, Band: 55, Heft: 3, Seiten: 229-238
IxTheo Notationen:BH Judentum
CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen
KAG Kirchengeschichte 1500-1648; Reformation; Humanismus; Renaissance
KDB Katholische Kirche
KDD Evangelische Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Anti-semitism
B Jews
B Martin Luther
B Papacy
B Judaism
B Reformation
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Zusammenfassung:Martin Luther's attack on the supposed “enemies of God” in his final sermons was part of the reformer's concerted effort to announce his last will and testament for evangelical Christianity. Chiefly, the article defines what made Jews and “papists” distinct from other enemies in Luther's view. Jews and papists both had possessed Scripture since ancient times; yet they remained unreceptive—for reasons Luther struggled to explain—to the Word therein.
ISSN:1540-6385
Enthält:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12259