Law and Gospel
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In Christianity the relationship between God's Law and the Gospel is a major topic in Lutheran and Reformed theology. In these traditions, the distinction between the doctrines of Law, which demands obedience to God's ethical will, and Gospel, which promises the forgiveness of sins in light of the person and work of Jesus Christ, is critical. It is used as a hermeneutical principle of biblical interpretation and a guiding principle in homiletics (sermon composition) and pastoral care. It aims at the subordination of the Halakah, the collective body of Jewish religious law, or in general Judaism, under the dominance of Christian theology and the New Covenant.
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See also
- Antinomianism
- Calvinism
- Doctrine of the two kingdoms
- Expounding of the Law
- Great Commission
- Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
- Law in Christianity
- Legalism
- Lutheranism
- Theonomy
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