Gospel And Government the Development of the Christian State
Gospel And Government the Development of the Christian State
W Lloyd Wilson Lloyd Bevan
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There is often a misunderstanding of the actual aims of the Reformers when they were working for religious separation. Fi- nality in their arrangements was by no means assumed, and it appears as if the great factor that produced a permanent cleav- age was the fear of imperial absolutism in German States rather than the desire to work out a new series of theological form- ulas. The foundation stone of reforming doctrine is the Augsburg Confession, yet the spirit in which this document was compos...ed can be determined by the words of its author. Melanchthon, in reference to the whole con- troversy with Roman Catholics, explained his position by saying, "The question is concern- ing certain abuses. " Luther finally became 241 242 TOLERATION PROGRESS wearied of the stress of theological discus- sion and felt inclined to allow it only a subordinate place. "Abraham, " he said, "had faith ; therefore Abraham was a good Chris- tian. " German Roman Catholics could not under- stand why the religious views of Lutherans should be regarded as barriers to the mak- ing of an agreement by which the division of the Church might have been avoided.
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