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Return to Eden: An Examination of Personal Salvation in Martin Luther's Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen

White, Jordan P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1343412010

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, German.
This thesis explores Martin Luther’s early thinking regarding soteriology. The main document examined is Luther’s 1520 treatise Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen (VFC) in which, I argue, Luther makes the case for individual salvation as opposed to the standard communal salvation construct of Rome. To demonstrate the differences between VFC’s personal salvation model and Rome’s communal salvation model I explore the history of communal salvation through the development of Purgatory and show that Luther rejected and replaced this construct in 1520. Furthermore, I argue that the real break between the Protestant movement and the Roman Catholic Church is theological not institutional and is therefore most properly located in November of 1520 with the publication of VFC along with an accompanying forward to Pope Leo X. Finally this thesis shows how Luther’s major ideas, i.e. the movement away from scholastic theology, Luther’s concept of good works, his definition of justification, and the individual salvation model, were employed and discussed in the 20th century and how they are being employed and discussed in the 21st century. Special emphasis is given to the Wright/Piper debate on the meaning of justification and its examination of the Luther tradition.
Kristie Foell, PhD (Advisor)
Theodore Rippey, PhD (Committee Member)
166 p.
Theology
Martin Luther; N.T. Wright; John Piper; Richard Bauckham; Justification; Scholasticism; Soteriology; Salvation; Theology; Imputation; Theosis; Purgatory; Eden

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  • White, J. P. (2012). Return to Eden: An Examination of Personal Salvation in Martin Luther's Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1343412010

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • White, Jordan. Return to Eden: An Examination of Personal Salvation in Martin Luther's Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1343412010.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • White, Jordan. "Return to Eden: An Examination of Personal Salvation in Martin Luther's Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1343412010

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