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Bioethics Yearbook pp 149–184Cite as

Lutheran Perspectives on Bioethics

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Part of the book series: Bioethics Yearbook ((BIYB,volume 3))

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The reform movement (eventually denominated “Lutheran”) within “the one holy catholic and apostolic church” was, among other things, an attempt to reconceive the Christian moral life. Indeed ethics was very near the heart of the Lutheran reformers’ dispute with Rome. It could hardly have been otherwise since, semi-Pelagian theology and a merit-centered piety had become, by the dawn of the 16th century, thoroughly entrenched in the pervasive corruption of the institutional church. To protest the abuses and to begin to set things right necessarily involved rethinking fundamental religious and moral issues.

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    Nelson, P. (1993). Lutheran Perspectives on Bioethics. In: Lustig, B.A., Brody, B.A., Engelhardt, H.T., McCullough, L.B. (eds) Bioethics Yearbook. Bioethics Yearbook, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1886-6_8

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