Martin Luther vs. The Theological Virtues: A refutation of Lutheran theology

Faith & Love in Martin Luther: self-centered justification explained. An explanation of the traditional scriptural understanding of how God grants salvation vs. Martin Luther's novel theory of faith. Chapter markers: 00:00 - The Priority of Love 01:19 - Luther & his Motivations 04:14 - What are Justification & Faith? 07:32 - Luther’s Understanding of Scripture 13:46 - The Catholic View on Merit & Grace 16:18 - The Hermeneutic Problem Sources: The Council of Trent on Justification (Chapter 5-8): https://bit.ly/3MVncxs The version cited in the video is the standard Denzinger book of ecclesiastical texts (#1525-1532), but as that’s printed I’ve linked the one above. CCC #1812-1829 (The Theological Virtues): https://www.vatican.va/content/catech... 1 Corinthians 13 (Faith, hope, and love): https://bit.ly/3TBQV24 Catholic Encyclopedia (The Hussites): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/0758... Catholic Encyclopedia (Historical info about Martin Luther): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/0943... Catholic Encyclopedia (Scrupulosity defined): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/1364... Martin Luther, Volume 1 by Martin Brecht, Page 80-82 (Martin Luther’s scrupulosity alluded to, and the same anecdote on scrupulosity referenced by Paul Hacker): https://bit.ly/47CJD3H Brecht’s Religion - L.A. Times Archives (Martin Brecht is a Protestant): https://bit.ly/3XCOmOv (Martin Luther’s definition of faith - Hacker 21) Martin Luther Commentary on Psalms, 395 line 12: https://archive.org/details/werkekrit... “C'est la confiance”: Apostolic Exhortation of the Holy Father (Thérèse of Lisieux quote and explanation): https://bit.ly/3XrEO8I Thomas Aquinas’ Summa - Humility, Article 2 (Humility is opposed to pride): https://bit.ly/47yJTAY Luther’s Small Catechism: https://blc.edu/comm/gargy/gargy1/els... 1 Corinthians 12 (The Church is the Body of Christ): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corint... Luther says that a deadly sin is expiated through faith: Verses on work: James 2: https://bit.ly/3TD4fD8 James 1: https://bit.ly/3XrEas0 Galatians 5: https://bit.ly/3XBAaFu 2 Timothy 4: https://bit.ly/3XrEF5a (A Protestant resource showing Luther tried to discredit the book of James, and making a bunch of excuses for their founding saint): https://bit.ly/4edioze A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature: Aar-Hys edited by John Kitto Page 556 (Reference to Luther’s removal of the deuterocanon): https://bit.ly/4daRQgJ Everyone’s Luther: Prefaces to the Books of the Bible #129-131 (Luther’s 1522 Preface to James): https://bit.ly/4ddYJOu Matthew 22 (Christ’s summary of the Ten Commandments): https://bit.ly/4eA9Xy1 Luther’s On Good Works 1520 - (Section II Faith as highest work, Section XVI deadly sins are expiated through faith): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/418/4... The Catechism - God's Salvation: Law And Grace (Interpreting Paul’s use of ‘“law”): http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a... Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535) by Martin Luther Chapter 3 Verse 12: https://bit.ly/47CJSM9 St. Augustine’s Confessions (Our hearts are restless etc): https://bit.ly/4exXvPe Luther’s Sermon for the 18th Sunday after Trinity Sunday: https://sermons.martinluther.us/Luthe... Luther’s Scholia on Isaiah Page 94 (Luther in the interior life): https://archive.org/details/werkekrit... Machine translation of this page into English: https://bit.ly/3XOQZxZ I used a machine translation so people can see that Luther really says this in the original text, and that Hacker isn’t taking him out of context when he quotes him on page 106. I offhandedly reference in this script that religious orders are not as common in Protestantism, and to better substantiate that here’s the Augsburg Confession dissing them: https://bit.ly/4dhK6cO Also, here are some Lutherans on reddit missing the point: https://bit.ly/3BbVPwh PBS - Martin Luther: https://www.pbs.org/empires/martinlut... Luke 12 (still more will be etc): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/12 Luke 14 (in my father’s house etc): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/14 1 Corinthians 4 (I am not there by acquitted…): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corint... Who Compiled the Bible and When? - Catholic Answers: https://www.catholic.com/qa/who-compi... St. Ephrem the Syrian, Commentary on the Diatessaron: https://bit.ly/3MT24Yt Vatican II (Dei Verbum): https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_c... Note that in this video I wrote “same spirit” while the Vatican English translation writes “sacred spirit”. This is a typo, which you can confirm by looking at the Latin and using Google translate if desired.