Date of Award
5-1-2008
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Systematic Theology
First Advisor
Robert Kolb
Scripture References in this Resource
1 Corinthians 13:13; Genesis 3:15; Galatians 5:12; Titus 2:11-15; Genesis 4:13-14; Genesis 4:4-5; Romans 5:15; Psalm 11:3; Psalm 12:3; Romans 3:25; Psalm 24:8, 10
Abstract
This study discusses how Luther exhorted people to live the Christian life. Luther understood the Christian life as a life of the saved sinner in himself and in his community. He understood that Christians live lives defined by two kinds of righteousness; that is, righteousness that God bestows, and righteousness that they produce. This study will be carried out by reviewing this basic understanding of what the Christian life is, and by examining Luther's preaching material, specifically a set of sermonic writings called The Wartburg Postil. The thesis of this survey is that in The Wartburg Postil, Luther used the concept of the two kinds of righteousness as a basis from which to exhort people to live the Christian life.
Recommended Citation
Masaki, Makito, "Luther's Two Kinds of Righteousness and his Wartbug Postil" (2008). Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation. 104.
https://scholar.csl.edu/phd/104
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