What is it about?
Especially in the context of his debates with Catholic theologians Luther tried to accomplish a theological normativity through quotations and argumentations from the spiritual thesaurus of the Eastern Church.
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Why is it important?
In spite of the fact that Luther's references to the Eastern Church show a certain ambiguity and are not as extensive as one would wish today, these are of particular importance and undeniable weight for the Reformation period and the Reformers’ knowledge of the Eastern Christianity.
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Luther’s mentions of the Eastern Church constitute until today the basis points of the modern ecumenism between Protestantism and Orthodoxy.
Dr. theol. Vasilica Mugurel Pavaluca
Technische Universitat Dortmund
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This page is a summary of: Some of Martin Luther‘s Written References to the Eastern Church, Review of Ecumenical Studies, December 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/ress-2017-0025.
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