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The ethics of Martin Luther / Paul Althaus ; translated and with a foreword by Robert C. Schultz

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Fortress Press, [1972]Description: xxiii, 168 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0800600479
  • 9780800600471
Uniform titles:
  • Ethik Martin Luthers. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230.41
Contents:
1. The foundation of the Christian ethos -- Justification as the presupposition of all Christian activity -- Justification as the source of all Christian activity -- Life as the exercise of faith -- The life of the Christian as a struggle with himself --
2. The knowledge of God's commands -- The natural law -- The natural law written and preached -- The content of the natural law -- The Decalogue and the "New Decalogues" -- "Natural law" and "Christian law" --
3. Stations and vocations (the orders) -- 4. The two kingdoms and the two governments -- The biblical basis -- Spiritual and worldly government -- The concepts of kingdom and government -- "The world" and "the secular" -- Change in approach and basis -- The unity of the two governments -- The difference between the two governments -- The two governments depend on each other -- The Christian in both governments -- The interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount -- Two areas and forms of activity -- Unity in love -- Response to the criticism of Luther's doctrine of the two governments --
5. Love, marriage, parenthood -- Sexuality and love -- Marriage as God's will and work -- The twofold meaning of marriage -- Divorce -- Parents and children --
6. Work -- 7. Property, business, and economics -- 8. The state -- Political authority as God's creation and order -- The Christian's attitude toward the state -- The limits of the authority of government and of obedience -- Law and the administration of justice -- War -- The social order -- Christian ministry to political officials -- Political power an the church -- 9. Great men in political history.
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1. The foundation of the Christian ethos --
Justification as the presupposition of all Christian activity --
Justification as the source of all Christian activity --
Life as the exercise of faith --
The life of the Christian as a struggle with himself --

2. The knowledge of God's commands --
The natural law --
The natural law written and preached --
The content of the natural law --
The Decalogue and the "New Decalogues" --
"Natural law" and "Christian law" --

3. Stations and vocations (the orders) --
4. The two kingdoms and the two governments --
The biblical basis --
Spiritual and worldly government --
The concepts of kingdom and government --
"The world" and "the secular" --
Change in approach and basis --
The unity of the two governments --
The difference between the two governments --
The two governments depend on each other --
The Christian in both governments --
The interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount --
Two areas and forms of activity --
Unity in love --
Response to the criticism of Luther's doctrine of the two governments --

5. Love, marriage, parenthood --
Sexuality and love --
Marriage as God's will and work --
The twofold meaning of marriage --
Divorce --
Parents and children --

6. Work --
7. Property, business, and economics --
8. The state --
Political authority as God's creation and order --
The Christian's attitude toward the state --
The limits of the authority of government and of obedience --
Law and the administration of justice --
War --
The social order --
Christian ministry to political officials --
Political power an the church -- 9. Great men in political history.

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