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... If one were to look to the Reformation, certainly the last place to look for a humble Christ is in the writings of Martin Luther. This might seem a bit opinionated; however there must be some form of vision of God in the writings of Martin Luther that may be formulated. ...
Yet terms of good and bad seem of little worth in an age of situational or secular ethics, and as well, in order to have some objectivity, any report on what form of God Luther spoke and wrote on will have to be mentioned in terms of an arbitrary, exacting, severe and wrathful deity, vs. ... So is it that we read one in Martin Luther’s writings and not the other? To better understand such an inquiry, this composition will examine Luther’s doctrines and exegetics which is attached to his judgments on which scriptures were to be considered inspired documents for the Christian canon of Scripture.
It is not my purpose here to discuss how Luther’s doctrines directly address the character of God, but rather what the potential implications and underlying effects of such. ...
Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament from the traditional Latin to the common tongue of the Germans was heavily influential on the Authorized Version of the Bible (via Wm. ... So the fact that the books of James, Jude, Revelation and Esther are included in the Authorized Version means only that they were done so without the considerations of Luther. ... Maybe some ancient fathers fancied there once was a war up in heaven”, as Luther once declared concerning the book of Revelation. Many Protestants, who have followed in the tradition of Luther with sola scriptura, have developed an exegetical system where the Bible is considered in its totality, and thus shaping doctrine.
Approximate Word count = 1499
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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