Luther and the War against the Turks
Modern psychoanalysis tells us that disease is the touchstone of the healthy mind. What is true in the realm of psychology is not less true in the realm of ethics. The most terrible disease in the realm of human relations is war and so we can say that war is the touchstone of a healthy ethical syste...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1945]
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Church history
Year: 1945, Volume: 14, Pages: 256-271 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBB German language area |
| Further subjects: | B
Luther,Martin
B Turkish Wars B Turkish wars |
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| Summary: | Modern psychoanalysis tells us that disease is the touchstone of the healthy mind. What is true in the realm of psychology is not less true in the realm of ethics. The most terrible disease in the realm of human relations is war and so we can say that war is the touchstone of a healthy ethical system. In its attitude toward war the weakness of an ethical system is revealed. In the war situation an ethical system is revealed as basically unrealistic if it proves unwilling to face the actual situation and therefore uses the escape of absolute pacifism. It is revealed as basically immoral if it condones any war to such an extent that it loses sight of sin and injustice and makes of that war a holy war or a crusade. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3160965 |