I think Vibeke Annette Sol|y
has answered the question
wonderfully thoroughly.
The key is indeed the
development of Prot
thought from Augustine.
There is an interesting
philosophical lineage here too:
Plato to Augustine
as Aristotle to Aquinas.
I think one can still see the vestiges of
these influences in the variant Xian notions
of the self (along foucauldian lines) in the
denominations.
kindest regards,
henry
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:28:27 -0300 Anaspinoza
<anaspinoza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Henry, thank you very much for your answer. I find a contradiction in the
> rejection that Luther makes of the concept of merit and the conservation of
> paradise-heaven by protestantism. Paradise is the place were people with
> enough merits go (at least that is the position of catholicism). If Luther
> rejects merit, he should then reject paradise.
> It is contradictory lo reject merit and to accept paradise. How can this be
> explained?
>
> Ana Spinoza
>
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