EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sola Gratia, John Calvin, Martin Heidegger
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Lecture - one of luther"s most important consequences that he lists. ** this one is specifically important to understand. The freedom of the inner world - discovery or at least strengthening of a radical. Interiority (not by chance he was an augustinian monk given the important confessions of st. augustine, 398 ce) In philosophical terms this is often called the beginning of modern subjectivity (the subject is the conscious being vs non-conscious objects ) If only god"s grace can save us (sola gratia) then we can do nothing. In his essay on the bondage of the will (1524) Luther argues against the humanist, erasmus, that in spiritual matters man has no free will. No human being can contribute at all to the possibility of salvation (or damnation) but is saved only through the grace of god. Also very strong in the theology of john calvin (1509-1564); Must despair in order to have hope .
