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Article: The Augsburg Aha! A second look at article IV of the Apology of the Augsburg Confession.(Critical essay)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2009
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Part I. An Aha! for Interpreting the Bible
Thesis 1: The Augsburg Aha! happened first at Wittenberg, an Aha! about biblical-hermeneutics.
That is not the usual description of Luther's reformation Aha! The standard description in Luther scholarship doesn't mention hermeneutics. Here's an example from Jaroslav Pelikan, one of the editors of the 55-volume edition of Luther's works in English:
Luther became the Reformer, he tells us, when he was pondering the
meaning of Paul's words (Rom. 1:17), "In [the gospel] the
righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is
written, 'He who through faith is righteous shall live.'" ...