Cutting the roots or transforming them? Luther and mysticism after 1522
The paper argues that the image of Luther cutting his mystical roots when he became a reformer draws more from a concept of orthodox or even liberal Lutheranism than from Luther himself. It shows that Luther and Karlstadt did not divide about the question of following mysticism or not, but about the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Dialog
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 335-343 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality FA Theology HA Bible KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Word
B Mysticism B Bible B Karlstadt B Eucharist B Luther B Sacrament |
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| Summary: | The paper argues that the image of Luther cutting his mystical roots when he became a reformer draws more from a concept of orthodox or even liberal Lutheranism than from Luther himself. It shows that Luther and Karlstadt did not divide about the question of following mysticism or not, but about the way mysticism was shaped theologically. For Luther, after his debate with Karlstadt, mysticism was always based on the Word. He also developed a sacramental mysticism, with the Eucharist at its core. One might say, thus, that Luther's mysticism shaped the central aspects of Lutheran ecclesiology. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12827 |