Skip to main content

Martin Luther, the Rule of Faith, and the Bible

December 2nd, 2019 | 29 min read

By Todd Hains

Luther teaches that the catechism holds the entirety of the Christian faith. Even the educated laity and clergy need simple words and short summaries; how much more the simple and uneducated? Actually that’s why Luther thinks the simple need the catechism so badly: the educated have lost or abandoned it. Who will teach it?

Login to read more

Sign in or create a free account to access Subscriber-only content. 

Sign in

Register

Todd Hains

Todd R. Hains (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is academic editor for Lexham Press. He previously served as assistant project editor for the Reformation Commentary on Scripture.