Law and Gospel

LAW and gospel have traditionally been thought to be opposed to one another.

The relation of philosophy to theology is characterized, according to him, by the distinction between law and Gospel.

Law and Gospel are found in both testaments.

Literature which discusses this includes the article on James 2:20 in Law and Gospel.

Melanchthon made the distinction between law and gospel the central formula for Lutheran evangelical insight.

See also Law and Gospel.

Another essential aspect of his theology was his emphasis on the "proper distinction" between Law and Gospel.

The Proper Distinction between Law and Gospel, (complete work).

Five Views on Law and Gospel.

The important and popular Lutheran paradigm of Law and Gospel fits within this first dimension.

Finance and Constitution, Law and Gospel: this surely were work enough; yet this is not all.

The Divine Command: a New Perspective on Law and Gospel.

The two kingdoms doctrine is simply another form of the distinctive Lutheran teaching of Law and Gospel.

They blurred the distinction between Law and Gospel by considering the Gospel itself to be a moral law.

The distinction between law and gospel is a standard formulation in Reformed theology, though in recent years some have characterized it as distinctively Lutheran.

Following Lutheran theologians, the Reformed sharply contrast the law and gospel as "the chief and general divisions of the holy scriptures."

He wrote a number of theological books; perhaps the best known is The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel.

Lueker, Erwin L. Law and Gospel from the Christian Cyclopedia.

Properly distinguishing between Law and Gospel prevents the obscuring of the Gospel teaching of justification by grace through faith alone.

The Lutheran Church benefited from these controversies by becoming more exact in distinguishing between Law and Gospel and justification and sanctification.

Walther, C. F. W. The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel.

The evangelical feature of Lutheranism is justification by faith, as defined by Law and Gospel and simul iustus et peccator.

Lutherans understand the Bible as containing two distinct types of content, termed Law and Gospel (or Law and Promises).

Hummel, Horace D. "Are Law and Gospel a Valid Hermeneutical Principle?"

The LCMS insists that both the Old and the New Testament teach both Law and Gospel.