The key problem, however, was interpreting the Bible. Like the humanists, Luther argued that Scripture had just one meaning, generally the literal meaning in the New Testament and a figurative meaning in the Old. To find the meaning, you use the more clear passages of Scripture to interpret the less clear. And for Luther, the clearest teaching in Scripture was salvation through Christ, by grace through faith; this was therefore the lens Luther used to interpret the entire Bible. Luther also believed
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