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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Auteur principal: Evener, Vincent (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
Dans: Dialog
Année: 2016, Volume: 55, Numéro: 3, Pages: 229-238
Classifications IxTheo:BH Judaïsme
CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses
KAG Réforme; humanisme; Renaissance
KDB Église catholique romaine
KDD Église protestante
Sujets non-standardisés:B Anti-semitism
B Jews
B Martin Luther
B Papacy
B Judaism
B Réforme protestante
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12259