Exchange, Atonement, and Recovered Humanity
Martin Luther on the Passive Obedience of Christ
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23213156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John W Hoyum (School of Divinity, History and Philosophy University of Aberdeen 50/52 College Bounds Aberdeen AB24 3DS UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-351 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Systematic Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1652 • E-ISSN: 1463-1652 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ijst.12501 |
| OpenAlex | W3173989464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article engages Luther’s doctrine of Christ’s passive obedience ( obedientia passiva )––a theme that comes to fullest expression in his Lectures on Galatians (1531/5). There, Luther argues that the sins of the godless become the true possession of the vicariously suffering Son. In turn, Christ’s atonement for the sake of the world underwrites a soteriology of the creature’s renewed humanity in which the sinner is reoriented outwardly in loving servitude of the neighbor. Luther’s The Freedom of a Christian (1520) provides the contours of this linkage most fully. This article therefore seeks to elucidate the connections between God’s exposure to sin at the cross and the subsequent logic of the human’s recovered relation to the other within the creation.
Atonement · Doctrine · Humanity · Obedience · Political science · Relation (database) · Soteriology · Theme (computing) · Theology · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |