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Martin Luther
Humans
Faith
Freedom
Good Works
100
Luther was an Augustinian ____ before he became a professor of biblical theology.
What is a monk (Reader 34)
100
According to Luther, every human being has these two natures that fight against each other
What are spiritual and bodily (489)
100
Faith makes these two things unnecessary for righteousness and salvation
What are law and works (497)
100
Luther says that Christians experience freedom in all things because faith is the only thing needed for this
What is salvation (505)
100
One purpose of works is to _____ the body
What is discipline / purify / cleanse (512)
200
Luther opposed the sale of ____, which were certificates of good works sold to individuals by the church.
What are indulgences (Reader 34)
200
According to Luther, humans need only this one thing for righteousness and freedom
What is the word of God (or the Gospel of Christ) (490)
200
Only by faith can a person be completely _____ to God
What is obedient (498)
200
For Luther the paradox of of the Christian is that he/she is a completely free lord of all and a ______
What is completely dutiful servant of all (488)
200
Luther argues that works are to a person what fruit is to a _____
What is tree (514-15)
300
Luther's treatise "The Freedom of a Christian" was attached to a letter he wrote to this person
Who is Pope Leo X (Reader 34)
300
Luther says that all individuals who trust in Christ are ____ (exalted over all) and ____ (ministers in prayer and teaching)
What are kings and priests (504)
300
Luther says that when a soul is united with Christ it is like a _____ with a _____
What is a bride / bridegroom (499)
300
Christian freedom is extinguished when _____ are added to righteousness
What are works (517)
300
According to Luther, people who want to do good works should begin not with doing but with this
What is believing (516)
400
Luther wrote "The Freedom of a Christian" in this language (_____), then translated it into this language (_____)
What are Latin, German (Reader 34)
400
Luther says Christians have tremendous spiritual power; however, the more Christian a person is, the more he or she is subject to these things
What are evils, suffering, death (505)
400
If faith is present, humans may do these things to glorify God
What are good works (502)
400
Despite being free from all obligation to works, Christians should become the _____ of their neighbors
What are servants (522) or "Christ" (525)
400
Luther says that Christians discipline their bodies in order to _____ others more genuinely and freely
What is serve (520)
500
Luther's interpretation of scripture led him to argue that justification was only attainable by this
What is faith in Jesus Christ (Reader 34)
500
Luther claims that Christian individuals do not live for themselves but in _____ through faith and in their _____ through love
What is Christ / neighbor (530)
500
Luther says that this should be the goal of all preaching
What is to promote faith in Christ (508)
500
Luther says that fasts and other ceremonies should be kept in order not to offend these people
Who are the simple, uneducated, weak in faith (534)
500
Luther feared that these institutions obliterated Christian freedom
What are clerical institutions, monasteries, altars, church offices (529)