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The Reformative Protestantism
SECULAR AUTHORITY: TO WHAT EXTENT IT SHOULD BE OBEYED
By Martin Luther

A Summary

Who is Martin Luther?
Terms
Book
Key Points
Foundational Truths of Protestant Theology
Misconception of Luther’s Protestantism
Luther’s Ex-communication
Other Notable Works

SECULAR AUTHORITY: TO WHAT EXTENT IT SHOULD BE OBEYED | Martin Luther

WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER?
Martin Luther O
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A is a 16th-century Augustinian monk, German theologian
professor, and is one of the seminal personage in Christian history
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He triggered the crisis of faith of Western Christianity, thus the birth of
Protestant Reformation
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Argues that the two powers were
separate but equal
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They are ruled
by the Holy Spirit and not by force
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if all the world were composed of real Christians,
that is, true believers, no prince, no king, lord
sword,or law would be needed
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SECULAR AUTHORITY: TO WHAT EXTENT IT SHOULD BE OBEYED | Martin Luther

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The Kingdom of the World is those who belong under governing authority
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God rules His Heavenly Kingdom through gospel and grace
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The treatise is precedented by the Address to the German Nobility (1520)
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Secular authority was needed by that time to protect the Christians against the
corruption in Rome
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Emphasized the role of secular authority as to protect the righteous and punish
the wicked, including church leaders, through positive law and by compulsion
from the sword
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Secular government and its laws were alongside of his fellow Christians claiming
that their sovereign participation would help them perform Apostle Paul’s
teachings by protecting Christians
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The book traced all the authority given to the church
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It supports an ethical defense of the government against the Roman Church power
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That church should not exercise worldly government and princes should never rule
the church nor has to do anything with the salvation of the souls
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That power that is everywhere is ordained by God
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That one’s soul is not saved by an active performance of good works, but by
one’s internal faith of God
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Scripture is the ultimate authority in faith
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Recognized only 2 out of the 7 Sacraments: Baptism and Eucharist

3 FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS OF PROTESTANT THEOLOGY
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WHAT IS THE COMMON MISCONCEPTION OF LUTHER’S PROTESTANTISM?
That Luther was the only or the primary reformer of that era
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That his ninety-five theses was an act of rebellion athwart to the authority of
the established Roman Church but in fact, was an accepted method to initiate a
public debate
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The same year he was issued a papal bull to be ex-communicated but
turned out that Luther publicly burned it in the town’s
years after, on January 1521,

refuse pit
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However, as resolute as he is, he never recant a word
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OTHER NOTABLE WORKS
Luther's Large Catechism
Luther's Small Catechism
On the Freedom of a Christian
On the Bondage of the Will

SECULAR AUTHORITY: TO WHAT EXTENT IT SHOULD BE OBEYED | Martin Luther



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