A Course in Lutheran Theology

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

12-1-1938

Document Type

Article

Keywords

grace, luther, election, lutheran teaching, melanchthon, salvation, synergistic, predestination, sola gratia, calvinism, pieper

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

A second reason why a certain class of theologians charges Luther with teaching predestinarianism in De Servo Arbitrio is because he so emphatically and uncompromisingly teaches the monergism of grace. What these theologians-the synergists mislike more than the "harsh, predestinarian" sayings of Luther is the sola gratia back of them. Because they do not like the sola gratia, they mislike Luther's teaching on election.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Acts 7:51; Romans 10:21; John 10:27-28; Romans 11:22; Romans 9:20;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Engelder, Th. (1938) "A Course in Lutheran Theology," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 9, Article 83.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol9/iss1/83