Wolfhart PannenbergArticle Type: ArticlePublication Date: 4/1/1988Issue: The Lure of Heresy (Vol. 8, No 2, Spring, 1988)It is a commonplace that Christian theology is concerned with that kind of knowledge about God that is obtained through Jesus Christ. But it is not a commonplace that the cross of Jesus is the criterion for the authenticity of such knowledge. It was Paul who first emphasized the cross in such a way. And later on it was Paul’s argument against the supposedly superior wisdom claimed by the Corinthians that Luther called upon when, in his Heidelberg Disputation of 1518, he praised the theology of the cross in contrast to the theology of glory which speculates about the nature of God on the basis of his work in the creation of the world.Download Article PDF Tweet PrintDownload Article PDF
Article Type: Article
Publication Date: 4/1/1988
Issue: The Lure of Heresy (Vol. 8, No 2, Spring, 1988)
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