Oswald Bayer wrote Martin Luther’s Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation > summarizes Martin Luther’s thinking on what makes a theologian and what rules should govern the theologian.
Luther argued that a theologian is made through six things.
- The grace that is worked through the Holy Spirit
- The agonizing struggle
- Experience
- Opportunity
- Constant, concentrated textual study
- Knowledge and practice of the academic disciplines
Luther goes on to say that three rules should govern the life and task of the theologian.
- Prayer = Oratio (prayer)
- Meditation = Meditatio (meditation)
- Agonizing Struggle= Tentatio (affliction)
theologian = to know both sides of a theological concept: the objective + subjective
theologian = responsible to study, pray, meditate + agonize
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Mental Enslavement and Sins Syndrome (MESS)
Luther on Being a Theologian: Oratio, Meditatio and Tentatio
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Oswald Bayer wrote a fine book titled Martin Luther’s Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation. In this book he summarizes Luther’s thinking on what makes a theologian and what rules should govern the theologian. Luther argued that a theologian is made through six things.
- The grace that is worked through the Holy Spirit
- The agonizing struggle
- Experience
- Opportunity
- Constant, concentrated textual study
- Knowledge and practice of the academic disciplines
Luther goes on to say that three rules should govern the life and task of the theologian.
- Prayer
- Meditation
- Agonizing Struggle
I love the intersection of experience, suffering and study in Luther’s thought on the development of a theologian. It takes more than books and a degree to make a solid theologian. As the quote goes, “a smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.”
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