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Often appears with: the human body and its parts · ten commandments · sin, guilt, and repentance · scholastic doctrine · original sin · logic, method, and demonstration
Usually: commentary or gloss (1) · crisis of belief (1) · skepticism (1)
Luther defines original sin as coming from Adam and spreading to all people, rejects scholastic claims about intact human nature and works, and explains how the law reveals sin and provokes wrath.
[Again,] that it is not founded upon Scripture that for a good work the Holy Ghost with His grace is necessary. Such and many similar things have arisen from want of understanding and ignorance as regards both this sin and Christ, our Savior and they are truly heathen dogmas, which we cannot endure. For if this teaching were right [approved], then Christ has died in vain, since there is in man no defect nor sin for …