Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed, Martin Luther's own 1523 treatise, is Luther's primary statement on the limits of obedience owed to secular government, distinguishing the two kingdoms of spiritual and temporal authority. Its authority is that of the reformer's own foundational text on the question, central to later Lutheran political theology. Its limit is that it is a participant's own argument within the Reformation's live disputes, not a neutral or later scholarly account of how that doctrine developed or was applied. Cite it for Luther's own stated position; the doctrine's later history and application need a dedicated historical or theological study.
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Martin Luther's 1523 treatise Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed, the top tier reflecting the reformer's own foundational statement on the two kingdoms doctrine, central to later Lutheran political theology. It is a participant's own argument within the Reformation's live disputes, not a neutral later account, which needs a dedicated historical or theological study. NotesMartin Luther's own treatise on the limits of obedience owed to secular temporal authority, 1523.
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AuthorMartin Luther
Publication Year1523
Source Typeprimary-text
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- Doctrines, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
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