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Luther And Sanctification, Philip S. Watson
Luther And Sanctification, Philip S. Watson
Concordia Theological Monthly
In a volume of sermons which he published in 1788, John Wesley took occasion to repeat a criticism of Luther that he had first made after reading his commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians many years before. "It has frequently been observed," he says, "that very few were clear in their judgment both with regard to justification and sanctification"; and he cites Luther as an example. "Who," he asks, "has wrote more ably than Martin Luther on justification by faith alone? And who was more ignorant of the doctrine of sanctification, or more confused in his conceptions of it?" …
Brief Studies, G. M. Krach
Brief Studies, G. M. Krach
Concordia Theological Monthly
Preaching Doctrine on the Basis of the Standard Gospels
A Lutheran Contribution To The Present Discussions On The Lord’S Supper, Hermann Sasse
A Lutheran Contribution To The Present Discussions On The Lord’S Supper, Hermann Sasse
Concordia Theological Monthly
The Lord's Supper has again become one of the main issues among the churches of Christendom as well as within individual denominations. This is the result of two movements which, though deeply rooted in the 19th century, have shaped the life of all Christendom since the beginning of this century: the Liturgical and the Ecumenical Movement. Since the deepest motive underlying both is what has been called "the awakening of the Church in the souls," future church historians may regard them as branches of one great movement which, like all great movements in the Western Church (Reformation, Pietism, Rationalism, etc.), …