Martin Luther's Understanding of Faith and Reality (1513-1521)

The Influence of Augustinian Platonism and Illumination in Luther's Thought

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ID24045389
AuthorsIlmari Karimies (University of Helsinki, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume130
Pages405
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMartin Luther's Understanding of Faith and Reality (1513-1521) (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMohr Siebeck (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1628/978-3-16-161031-8
OpenAlexW4210245876
Open LibraryOL38058315M
ISBN9783161610318, 9783161565311
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Ilmari Karimies investigates Martin Luther's understanding of reality and faith. He examines Luther's understanding of reality from three perspectives: firstly God as the self-giving highest good uniting opposites and hiding beneath them; secondly the visible and invisible world; and thirdly human beings as tripartite (body, soul, spirit) and bipartite (flesh-spirit). The author explores the cognitive conflict between these in relation to spirit's grasping of God and the invisible world with reference to Augustinian Platonism. He analyses aspects of faith from the perspective of the theory of divine illumination and shows that Luther represents a realistic Augustinian view. Faith functions as the theological intellect, grasping the invisible world and showing human beings the future good in a manner similar to the medieval notion of ecstatic knowledge. It differs from vision in glory because of sin, as mixed with humanity, and as partial knowledge.

Cosmology · Ecumenism · Epistemology · Faith · Martin luther · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Church History · History · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies

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