Beschreibung
Are good works necessary for salvation, or, on the contrary, even detrimental to salvation? How important is deliberate ethical action for the Christian life? What should Christians do to avoid the danger that the message of justification by grace alone might lead to moral indifference? Over such questions the so-called Majoristic Controversy evolved (1552-1570), which caused some unanticipated confrontations on the field of scholarly disputes among the followers of Luther and Melanchthon in the second half of the sixteenth century. An echo of this dispute can be heard in the fourth article of the Formula of Concord. In volume 3 of the edition 'Controversia et Confessio' readers find the most important texts produced during that controversy, by authors including Georg Major, Nikolaus von Amsdorf, Matthias Flacius, Stephan Agricola, and others.
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Der Majoristische Streit (1552-1570) führte zu ungewöhnlichen Frontstellungen im Rahmen der Lehrstreitigkeiten innerhalb des Luthertums der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts.
Sind gute Werke zur Seligkeit nötig oder im Gegenteil sogar schädlich? Welchen Stellenwert hat das ethische Handeln im Leben eines Christen? Kann die Verkündigung der frohen Botschaft von der Rechtfertigung des Sünders allein aus Gnaden zu einer verderblichen moralischen Indifferenz führen, der unbedingt entgegengewirkt werden muss? Um diese Fragen kreist der Majoristische Streit (1552-1570), der zu ungewöhnlichen Frontstellungen im Rahmen der Lehrstreitigkeiten innerhalb des Luthertums der zweiten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts führte und seinen Niederschlag in Artikel IV der Konkordienformel fand.
Leseprobe
Are good works necessary for salvation, or, on the contrary, even detrimental to salvation? How important is deliberate ethical action for the Christian life? What should Christians do to avoid the danger that the message of justification by grace alone might lead to moral indifference? Over such questions the so-called Majoristic Controversy evolved (1552-1570), which caused some unanticipated confrontations on the field of scholarly disputes among the followers of Luther and Melanchthon in the second half of the sixteenth century. An echo of this dispute can be heard in the fourth article of the Formula of Concord. In volume 3 of the edition 'Controversia et Confessio' readers find the most important texts produced during that controversy, by authors including Georg Major, Nikolaus von Amsdorf, Matthias Flacius, Stephan Agricola, and others.>
