Luther's interpretation of communicatio idiomatum in a new key

Into the debates about Christ's two natures, divine and human, and how they relate, Martin Luther threw his extended interpretation of the communicatio idiomatum, the communication of the person Christ's attributes. Luther's Christology is incarnational and it is fundamental to him th...

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Published in:Dialog : a journal of theology 2024, Vol.63 (1-2), p.20-27
Main Author: Pedersen, Else Marie Wiberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
incarnation
inclusive language
intersectionality
Martin Luther
sacraments
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Summary:Into the debates about Christ's two natures, divine and human, and how they relate, Martin Luther threw his extended interpretation of the communicatio idiomatum, the communication of the person Christ's attributes. Luther's Christology is incarnational and it is fundamental to him that God can and will be known only as a human being (homo/Mensch), yet Christ's real presence is presented three dimensionally and in bodily intersectionality. Luther's complex understanding of Christ as really human and the Word incarnate is reflected in his intense work with the sacraments as well as with semantics and the art of translation. Luther aims at an inclusive Christology, sacramentology, and language. Hence Christ is human, not male; sacraments are seen as direct exchange between God and humans in the body of Christ; and ministry is reconfigured as a human function of preaching the Word (ministerium verbi), not a substitute representing divine sacredness.
ISSN:0012-2033
1540-6385
DOI:10.1111/dial.12843