Luther's Hagiographical Reformation of the Doctrine of Sanctification in His Lectures on Genesis (1535-1545)
What does it mean to be a saint, to be saintly? In popular religious thought, a saint is a morally holy and often quite ethereal person. Luther rejects this, understanding that it is the presence of God’s Word on one’s lips and in their being that makes them a saint. Saints are not perfect people, b...
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Seminaries
[2020]
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Word & world
Jahr: 2020, Band: 40, Heft: 4, Seiten: 343-352 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Body, Human; Religious aspects; Christianity
B Patriarchs (Bible) B Bible. Genesis; Criticism, interpretation B Christian saints; Attributes B Emotions B Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 |
| Zusammenfassung: | What does it mean to be a saint, to be saintly? In popular religious thought, a saint is a morally holy and often quite ethereal person. Luther rejects this, understanding that it is the presence of God’s Word on one’s lips and in their being that makes them a saint. Saints are not perfect people, but rather those in whom the saving Word of God dwells. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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