Luther Discovers the Gospel: New Light upon Luther’s Way from Medieval Catholicism to Evangelical Faith

by Uuras Saarnivaara

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2003

Overview

In this text, Uuras Saarnivaara examines the question: when did Luther discover the gospel of free justification and salvation, and what did this discovery mean?

Contents

Top Highlights

“Luther put forth his best in his attempt to love God and to repent of his sins out of love for righteousness, but he discovered that it was impossible.” (Page 26)

“Holl puts it.²⁴ His primary concern in his conversion is not to find a merciful God through the remission of sins, but to receive from God a new ‘taste’ and power to subdue his evil lust and to pursue heavenly things.” (Page 9)

“man is justified through faith, by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.” (Page xiv)

“His conversion is, therefore, largely a ‘change of taste” (Pages 8–9)

“Then, finally, God had mercy on me, and I began to understand that the righteousness of God is that gift of God by which a righteous man lives, namely, faith, and that this sentence: The righteousness of God is revealed in the Gospel, is passive, indicating that the merciful God justifies us by faith, as it is written: ‘The righteous shall live by faith.” (Page 36)

Product Details

• Title: Luther Discovers the Gospel: New Light upon Luther’s Way from Medieval Catholicism to Evangelical Faith
• Author: Uuras Saarnivaara
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 160
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546; Theology › History--Middle Ages, 600-1500; Reformation
• ISBNs: 9781592441471, 1592441475
• Resource ID: LLS:LTHRDSCVRSVNFTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:22:26Z

About Uuras Saarnivaara

Uuras Saarnivaara (1908–1998) was born in Finland, and worked in parish ministry there. He received a ThD from the University of Helsinki, as well as a PhD at the University of Chicago, where he wrote his dissertation on Luther, the text included here. Saarnivaara was a prolific author, writing books including: Scriptural Baptism, Hath God Said: Who is Right—God or the Liberals?, Armageddon—Before and After, and The Lutheran Confession and Martin Luther: Can the Bible be Trusted?