Luther On Augustine's View Of Justification

[Cure of Ars]

[b]Luther On Augustine's View Of Justification and other Church Fathers[/b]

"Augustine has sometimes erred and is not to be trusted. Although good and holy, he was yet lacking in the true faith, as well as the other fathers...But when the door was opended for me in Paul, so that I understood what justification by faith is, it was all over with Augustine." (Luther's Works 54, 49)


"It was Augustine's view that the law...if the Holy Spirit assists, the works of the law do justify...I reply by saying "No"." (Luther's Works 54, 10)


“I know no doctor whom I hate so much. Although I once loved him ardently and read him voraciously. Surely there’s more learning in Aesop than in all of Jerome” (Luther’s Works 54, 72)

“I have no use of Chrysostom either, for he is only a gossip. Basil doesn’t amount to anything; he was a monk after all, and I wouldn’t give a penny for him. Philip’s [Melanchthon] apology is superior to all the doctors of the church, even to Augustine himself. Hilary and Theophylact are good, and so is Ambrose” (Luthers Works 54, 33)


I obtained these quotes from the book [u]Not by Faith Alone[/u] by Robert Sungenis in footnote 9 page 521.

Edited September 18, 2004 by Cure of Ars

[Theoketos]

So much for theological continuity, this will help me in a particular dialogue.

[phatcatholic]

give me a break......

[Evoken]

I would be careful on relying on Sungenis whose intent is to write a pro-Catholic book. Better to seek quotes by Luther from a non-biased source.

Edited September 18, 2008 by Evoken