Augustine versus Luther on Sin, Sexuality, and Salvation
Wendy L. Widder
Lexham Press, 2012
Augustine versus Luther on Sin, Sexuality, and Salvation
Copyright 2012 Wendy Widder. All rights reserved. Published in the United States of America.
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“With this rebellion we are born, just as we are doomed to die and, because of the first sin, to bear, in our members and vitiated nature, either the battle with or defeat by the flesh.”1
—St. Augustine
“Christ marries this poor, wicked harlot, redeems her from all her evil, and adorns her with all his goodness. Her sins cannot now destroy her, since they are laid upon Christ and swallowed up by him.”2
—Martin Luther
Survey of Secondary Scholarship
The Original Sin—Rebellion in Eden
An Evil Will—the Partner in Crime
Immediate Consequences—a Quintessential Picture of Sin
The Inheritance of Sin—Living After Eden
Infirmities—Concupiscentia Carnis, the Dis-Order of the Day
CHAPTER THREE: AUGUSTINE ON SALVATION
The Second Defense—True Continence
The Struggle for Those Who Are Unmarried
The Struggle for Those Who Are Married
Perfection—Augustine’s Impossible Possibility
The Original Sin—Idolatry in Eden
The Distinction Between Flesh and Spirit
The Inheritance of the First Sin
CHAPTER FIVE: LUTHER ON SALVATION
Faith—“The Source and Substance of Salvation”
Two Dimensions of Relationships
Based on the Humanity of Christ
Based on the Order of Creation
A Summary of Sin and Salvation
A Summary of Contextual Issues
ACW Ancient Christian Writers
CTJ Calvin Theological Journal
Comm Communio
LQ Lutheran Quarterly
LW American Edition of Luther’s Works (Minneapolis: Fortress Press; Philadelphia: Muhlenburg Press; St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1955–)
NPNF1 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series (New ...
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About Augustine versus Luther on Sin, Sexuality, and SalvationAugustine of Hippo and Martin Luther had absolutely foundational influences over the thought, practice, and development of Christian theology. Yet somehow the work of these two theological giants has produced out-of-balance perspectives within Protestantism on marriage, sexuality, and singleness—thanks to Augustine’s view of sexuality as shameful and Luther’s exaltation of marriage as the sure way to holiness. Augustine versus Luther on Sin, Sexuality, and Salvation analyzes how the theologians’ views on sin and salvation affected their divergent perspectives on marriage and sexuality. Their drastically different conclusions are still evident in Christian attitudes toward marriage and singleness today. |
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