Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
6-1-1957
Document Type
Article
Keywords
grace, luther, justification, nominalist, sin, nominalism, occamism, scholastic teaching
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
The problem of the relation between Luther and the tradition which derives its name from William of Occam has in our time acquired a new interest. Certain Roman Catholic critics are inclined to ascribe the Reformer's heretical ideas to nominalist influences. According to them nominalism bears within itself a ferment of dissolution; it rejects in a radical manner the fundamental presuppositions of the whole scholastic theology. Is such a view based on an accurate representation of nominalism? This is a question which we cannot answer within the limits of the present article.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Philippians 2:13; Psalm 32:2;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Haegglund, Bengt
(1957)
"Was Luther a Nominalist?,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 28, Article 31.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol28/iss1/31
