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Kierkegaard’s point of view on Luther in his Journals

2020, XLinguae

Through a selection of texts from the Kierkegaard´s Journals, an analysis is made of the Danish theologian's criticism and father of the Protestant Reformation: Luther. Starting with the figure of Socrates, the article looks at the most important aspects of this critique: the concept of the Reformation, the relationship to the Holy Scriptures and the concept of Christianity, the Christian-political relationship, the conditions of martyrdom and imitation, and the role of divine Grace. The conclusion is that while Luther can be understood as a corrective to the Christianity of his time, Kierkegaard was also a corrective to his own time.