Probably the most widely known Protestant Reformer, whose theological challenge to the contemporary church and wider society had clear implications for personal and social ethics This is evident in the matter of the equality of men and women in the life of the church, in the need for economic justice, fairness in politics and properly funded education. Right action by individual Christians can never justify self-righteousness - all goodness stems from God-given grace. That resource comes through both the created orders of society - marriage, economic and political institutions - and through the redeemed lives of individual Christians taking initiatives in the service of meeting our neighbour's needs. In later life, the force of his feelings grew against those, including Jews and the unreformed Church of Rome, who failed to respond to the newness of the gospel. It was heightened by his sense of the imminence of God's coming judgement.
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...In Luther’s view, "This letter is truly the most important piece in the New Testament." The central concern is the true nature of God's Law, which may only be fulfilled through faith: only through faith is "moral improvement" possible.
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...Includes sections on Luther's supporters, and discussions of the legends surrounding Luther himself.