Summary Of Martin Luther's Concerning Christian Liberties

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Martin Luther’s Concerning Christian Liberties as well as the Apostle Paul’s letters to the Galatians and Philippians, both address the idea of justification. Their approaches towards this concept are similar insofar as the means of achieving justification. Both contend that faith is the only means of attaining justification and not the works of law. However, they differ in the things they include under the category of the works of law and their function in life.
Luther considers justification to be the salvation or the purification of the soul by which it is set free. By attaining justification, a man becomes a true and free Christian, and spiritual in nature. To explain this, Luther makes the distinction between the inward and outward nature