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- Title
What Baptists have learned and still can learn from Luther in the doctrines of Justification and of the Church.
- Authors
Swarat, Uwe
- Abstract
This article seeks to demonstrate how close Luther's teaching and Baptist convictions are. Especially in the doctrines of justification and ecclesiology Baptists have learnt and still can learn from Luther. For Luther justification is by no means only forgiveness but also spiritual renewal, so that justification and sanctification are closely linked together. The Baptist statements on the local congregation of believers and their being endowed with Christ's authority as well as the priesthood of all believers are based on Luther's teachings. Baptists attach more value to church discipline than Luther. They can nevertheless learn from his rationale of particular ministries among a community of believers.
- Subjects
BAPTISTS; DOCTRINAL theology; CHURCH; JUSTIFICATION (Christian theology); LUTHER, Martin, 1483-1546
- Publication
Baptistic Theologies, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1803-618X
- Publication type
Article