Grace and Reason: A Study in the Theology of Luther (Biblia.com)

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In this volume, author B. A. Gerrish examines Luther’s thoughts on human reason—reason before the Fall, reason after the Fall, and reason as it operates in a believer, the concept of ratio, and much more. Gerrish’s thorough exploration sheds light on Luther’s position regarding both the importance and limitations of human reason.

frequently display a not much deeper understanding of the complexities in Luther’s attitude towards reason.1 Our main concern in this essay will be with Luther’s actual utterances on the worth (or worthlessness) of reason. It will immediately become apparent that the real problem is not that Luther’s statements exhibit a uniform hostility towards reason, but that they present a strangely ambivalent attitude, alternately heaping upon reason extravagant praise and unqualified opprobrium. Part II, the

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