Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.
“Those Words Are Pure Heavenly Thunder”: Luther on Attending to Every Word
Martin Luther, Galatians 1:4, and the importance of reading slowly.
Protestant Social Teaching: Law and the Christian
Like all the contributors, I suspect, I was very excited to see Davenant Press's recent volume, Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction,((Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction, edited by Onsi Aaron Kamel, Jake Meador, and Joseph Minich (Davenant Press,...
“He Has Given His Victory to Us”: Luther on the Resurrection and Justification
Martin Luther on the connection between Christ’s resurrection and our justification.
Luther on the Kinds of Righteousness (2)
Martin Luther on passive, i.e. Christian, righteousness.
Luther on the Kinds of Righteousness (1)
Martin Luther delineates the different kinds of righteousness, so that that Christian righteousness can come mor sharply into focus.
“The Most Difficult Thing of All”: Luther on Justification and Passive Righteousness
Martin Luther on why believing in justification by faith alone is a matter of the highest art and skill.
“The Devil Is Not Dead”: Luther on the Necessity of Galatians (Updated)
Last time, we looked at a comment Luther makes in his preface to the 1535 Galatians commentary. Below, as he warms up for the commentary itself, he explains why he is commenting on Galatians again, since he had already done so in 1519. Significantly, the reason is not...
From Faith to Faith: Exitus-Reditus in Luther’s Galatians Preface
Martin Luther begins the preface to his 1535 Galatians commentary by saying, more or less, "Wow, I cannot BELIEVE how verbose I was in the lectures that form the basis for this commentary. Like, way over the top; SOMEBODY SHUT ME UP!" Maybe they've been heavily...
“Brought to Heel by Pen Alone”: Beza’s Poem for St. Martin’s Day
St. Philip's Day was two days ago, and I posted a translation of Theodore Beza's poem in honor of Melanchthon. Today, St. Martin's Day, I give you another--a poem by Beza on Martin Luther. (It is worth noting in passing that Beza was one of the most accomplished...