The reception of abstract vocabulary of medieval German mystics and scholastics in the texts of Martin Luther

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  • Natalia Medvedovska Kyiv

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https://doi.org/10.31649/sent01.01.239

Keywords:

Reformation, hermeneutics, mysticism, scholasticism, theology

Abstract

The article examines the reception of abstract vocabulary of medieval mystics and scholastics in Luther's texts through the approaches of linguists (A. Bach, G. Moser, W. Blank) and followers of philosophical hermeneutics (in particular, H.-G. Gadamer and others). According to the author, Luther sought both a clear systematization of his doctrine and imaginative thinking. Therefore, in his use of abstract vocabulary, he owes much to both scholastics and mystics. Due to Luther's authority, it was through his texts that a large number of abstract concepts of mystics and scholastics entered the modern lexicon of German philosophy.

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2000-06-26

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Medvedovska , N. . (2000). The reception of abstract vocabulary of medieval German mystics and scholastics in the texts of Martin Luther. Sententiae, 1(1), 239–244. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent01.01.239

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000): SENTENTIAE

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