HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 88: Sanctification, Protestant Work Ethic
9 Apr 2020
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Luther once relatively secure in his reforms was happy to spend time at the tavern. This can be explained by calvin"s doctrine of sanctification. It was present but not fully fleshed out in luther. According to calvin, sanctification or becoming holy must follow upon the fact of being justified by faith in christ: sanctification as manifestation. If you are a member of the predestined elect, you should look and act like it. Not because your works make you saved but because your salvation produces good works: simul iustus et peccator. Luther"s sense that is we remain sinners in ourselves even as we are made just in and by christ. He also wants to emphasize that the elect should not really look too much like sinners on the outside: utter depravity. The calvinist version was usually phrased as the utter depraviity of man. Adam"s original sin robbed us of our natural dignity. Which point the real work begins: progress in works.
