中世纪与现代之间的马丁·路德

Martin Luther Between the Middle Ages and Modern Times

宗教改革是随着马丁·路德于1517年10月在威腾堡的城堡教堂大门所张贴的改革论纲而开始的,基督教会从此以后分裂为教义不同的派别。罗马教廷与教宗的腐败经常被认为是路德宗教改革的起因。然而事实证明,路德改革的核心并不是对罗马天主教会的批判,而是力图阐明因上帝而成义的福音。路德认为成义思想是圣经信仰的关键内容。在过去的几十年中,各基督教会已经在成义问题上达成共识。1999年罗马天主教会与路德宗共同签署的《成义共同声明》确定,成义思想的分歧将不再构成教会分裂的原因。2017年要举行的宗教改革纪念活动,将有利于促进各基督教派之间的共融。

According to tradition, in School October 1517 Luther posted his theses on indulgence on the door of the Church in Wittenberg. This was the beginning of the Reformation and in the consequence the splitting of the Churches. It was often said that the Reformation had its roots in the abuses in the Roman Church and especially the Papacy. Nevertheless, one has to keep in mind, that the centre of Luthers approach was not the critique of the Church of his time, but a message of the justification of the sinner by God. This he regarded as the core of the biblical message. Exactly in this question could the Christian Churches find a consensus, formulated in 1999 in the Joint Declaration on Justification. Both sides declared that differences in this context must no longer separate the Churches. So the jubilee of 2017 will be celebrated in an ecumenical openness. It can help to establish a new community between Christian Churches.