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This is a comprehensive and systematic survey of Martin Luther’s entire thought by an internationally recognized authority in the field of Reformation research. The main theological questions which engaged the Reformer’s attention are set forth in clear and simple fashion, along with a host of quotations from this own writings to illumine the presentation. Scholars and laypersons alike will...

Luther sees faith not only anthropocentrically, as the only way in which man is saved and wins eternal life, but also theocentrically. God’s honor is at stake in faith. When “the soul firmly believes God’s word, it considers him to be truthful, good, and righteous. Thereby it pays him the highest honor it can: It admits that he is true and does not dispute the fact. Thus it honors his name. This also means that we can do no greater dishonor to God than not to believe him.”7 To use Luther’s well-known
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