Lex Aeterna: A Defense of the Orthodox Lutheran Doctrine of God’s Law and Critique of Gerhard Forde (Biblia.com)

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Martin Luther's theological revolution depended in a significant part upon the distinction between law and gospel. Within the last hundred years, several authors have reevaluated the reformer's understanding of this paradigm in light of its development within the Lutheran orthodox tradition. Some authors have argued that the Lutheran scholastic view of God's law departs from that of Luther....

Yet, Elert defines the law primarily in relation to its effect upon the one hearing it. In this way, the law and condemnation became almost synonymous concepts. Elert denies the traditional confessional teaching regarding the third use of the law, viewing it as a Reformed invention which wrongfully infiltrated Lutheranism through Philip Melanchthon. Among those who follow within the existential Lutheran tradition is Gerhard Forde. In his doctoral dissertation, published as The Law-Gospel Debate (1969),

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