Lex Charitatis: A Juristic Disquisition on Law in the Theology of Martin Luther (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion) - Softcover

Heckel, Johannes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802864457 ISBN 13: 9780802864451

Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2010

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Series: Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (EUSLR) This substantial work by one of Europe's most respected twentieth-century legal minds unpacks Luther's doctrine of law, showing how it derived from his central theological concern, justification by faith. "When Johannes Heckel's Lex Charitatis appeared more than half a century ago, it brought new clarity to the much-disputed issue of Luther's understanding of the law and of God's governance of his created order. The Wittenberg reformer's use of the language of 'two kingdoms' and 'two governances' is still fiercely debated; having Heckel's work in English will assist scholars and students alike in putting Luther's insights to use in the context of twenty-first-century problems." -- Robert Kolb, Concordia Seminary

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Johannes Heckel (1889-1963) was professor of publiclaw at the University of Munich, Germany.

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LEX CHARITATIS

A Juristic Disquisition on Law in the Theology of Martin LutherBy Johannes Heckel

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Contents

Preface by Martin Heckel...........................................................................................................................................xiFrom Martin Heckel's Preface of the Second German Edition of Lex charitatis, 1973..................................................................................xivIntroduction.......................................................................................................................................................xviAbbreviations......................................................................................................................................................xxiiiWHICH CONCEPT 'LAW' DID MARTIN LUTHER AFFIRM?......................................................................................................................11. The Problem.....................................................................................................................................................52. The Theological Origin of Luther's Doctrine of Law and the Development of Luther's Doctrine of Law..............................................................163. The Origin of Luther's Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms.............................................................................................................254. The Kingdom of the World........................................................................................................................................275. The Kingdom of Christ...........................................................................................................................................306. The Kingdom of God at the Right and at the Left of God..........................................................................................................337. The Connection of the Doctrine of the Kingdoms with the Doctrine of Law.........................................................................................398. The Divine Law in the Status of the Incorrupt Nature............................................................................................................439. Human Law in the Status of the Corrupt Nature during the Age of Unwritten Law...................................................................................5410. Written Law....................................................................................................................................................8111. The Law of Christ..............................................................................................................................................8412. The Christian as a Member of the Church in the World...........................................................................................................9713. The Christian in the Estate of Marriage........................................................................................................................10214. The Christian in the Politia...................................................................................................................................105WHAT HAPPENED TO LUTHER'S DOCTRINE OF LAW?.........................................................................................................................129I. Luther's Doctrine of the Right of Resistance to the Emperor.....................................................................................................133II. The Cura Religionis of the Evangelical Prince..................................................................................................................140III. In the Maze of Luther's Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms..........................................................................................................145IV. Church and Ecclesiastical Law in the Frame of the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms.................................................................................176V. The Unfolding of the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms as a Doctrine of Kingdoms and Governances.....................................................................204VI. Announcement of Initia Iuris Ecclesiastici Protestantium.......................................................................................................216VII. Announcement of Lex Charitatis and of "Widerstand gegen die Obrigkeit?".......................................................................................223Notes..............................................................................................................................................................233Titles of Cited Luther Texts.......................................................................................................................................506Short Titles and Place of Full Citation............................................................................................................................512Index of Bible Passages............................................................................................................................................527Index of Subjects..................................................................................................................................................531

Chapter One

The Problem

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According to the prevailing Protestant position, the Reformation was a struggle for the freedom of faith against the sovereignty of law in the church. Seen from a higher perspective, this is the same as the struggle for the righteousness of God (iustitia dei) against the justice of the jurists (iustitia iuristarum). As a result, the theological treatment of law, the term which in theology is used to deal with juridical topics, is totally removed from the doctrine of law found in jurisprudence. Instead of converging, theologians and jurists strictly separate the subject to be investigated in each discipline. Theologians and jurists together are convinced of the correctness of this method, and they mutually suppport each other. This is most obvious in their positions on the problem in Luther's doctrine of law, divine law. Because of its decisive significance for our work, we have to sum up, be it ever so briefly, the relevant research on this subject; this will enable us to evaluate the usefulness of the method used in the past and to gain insights for what perhaps may be a necessary new approach to the problem.

§ 1. The Present Situation in Research

Jurists dominate the scholarly discussion on divine law. Christian Thomasius, a famous jurist, began a campaign against it, and a second, equally famous jurist, Rudolph Sohm, concluded this campaign. For the history of ideas it would be instructive, and for theologians and jurists alike it would be rewarding, were one to investigate the reaction to Thomasius, and also when and for what reasons the concept 'divine law' disappeared from Lutheran theology, jurisprudence, and legal practice.

No branch of jurisprudence can be more interested in this task than ecclesiastical law, and no branch is more called upon to be engaged in this task. In every other field of law, divine law can either be rejected with the help of an exclusively secular jurisprudence, or it can be...

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• Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802864457
• ISBN 13: 9780802864451
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 590
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