The Letter to the Galatians and the Concerns of Reformation: Luther's Interpretation and Recent Discussions on Pauline Theology
Like many others of his time, Martin Luther lived in great fear of a wrathful God who would judge all people according to their deeds. Like many others, he was sure that he was a sinner whose pious works would never be enough to make him a righteous one able to escape God's severe judgment. He...
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| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2018]
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Theoforum
Year: 2018, Volume: 48, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 115-126 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church |
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| Summary: | Like many others of his time, Martin Luther lived in great fear of a wrathful God who would judge all people according to their deeds. Like many others, he was sure that he was a sinner whose pious works would never be enough to make him a righteous one able to escape God's severe judgment. He found an answer to his fears and worries in Paul's message of the gracious God who grants righteousness and salvation to the sinner apart from good works according to the Law given to Israel, righteousness and salvation through the death of Christ and faith in the Gospel. This insight determined his understanding and interpretation of Paul's Letter to the Galatians. His commentary on Galatians therefore is one of the central documents of the Reformation. Recent discussions about the meaning and message of this Letter and contemporary research into Pauline Theology, however, claim that Paul must not be understood as opposed to the Jewish Law, rejecting the human effort to become just and righteous through good works according to the Law. This New Perspective(s) may, in a certain way, challenge Luther's interpretation of Paul as well as traditional Lutheran and Protestant Theology. Comme beaucoup d'autres de son temps, Martin Luther a vécu dans la crainte d'un Dieu courroucé qui jugerait tous selon leurs actions. Comme eux, il était convaincu d'être un pécheur dont les œuvres pieuses ne pourraient jamais rendre assez juste pour échapper au jugement sévère de Dieu. Il trouva une réponse à ses craintes et à ses inquiétudes dans le message de Paul concernant le Dieu gracieux qui nous rend juste et qui donne le salut aux pécheurs indépendamment des bonnes oeuvres accomplies selon la Loi d'Israël, la justification et le salut accomplis par la mort du Christ et par la foi dans l'Évangile. Cette perspective fut déterminante pour sa compréhension et son interprétation de la lettre de Paul aux Galates, dont le commentaire est un document clé de la Réforme. Toutefois, les discussions récentes quant à la signification et au message de cette lettre ainsi que les recherches actuelles sur la théologie paulinienne ont conclu que Paul ne s'opposait pas à la Loi juive en rejetant l'effort humain de se rendre juste et la justification par les bonnes œuvres selon la Loi. Ces "nouvelles perspectives" remettent en cause, une certaine manière, l'interprétation de Paul par Luther, ainsi que les perspectives théologiques de la tradition Luthérienne et Protestante. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-5186 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/TF.48.1.3286632 |