Martin Luther's On Christian Liberty, The Apology And Crito

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In the short stories of On Christian Liberty, The Apology and Crito the authors discuss how religion and politics intertwine together. Within each story the authors differently presents the effect religion and politics have on each other. The Apology and Crito discusses how Socrates is accused of three crimes and having his own beliefs that the men of Athens do not accept. Because Socrates has his own beliefs he is sent to trial, which causes many controversial debates. On Christian Liberty Martin Luther examens how having faith makes individuals free from the law, and allows justification and salvation. In the book, The Apology, the protagonist Socrates is charged with studying things in the sky and below the earth, corrupting the youth, …show more content…

In this short text, Luther discusses three virtues of faith. The three virtues are faith gives Christian liberty, meaning we are free the the law, faith honours God, and thirdly faith unites the soul to Christ.On the political viewpoint the virtues of faith on Christian are debatable because many may not agree with it. For example, Luther states “ He has suffered and risen again for you, that, believing on him, you might by this faith become another man, all your sins being remitted, and you being justified by the notion of another, namely of Christ alone.”(pg.1 paragraph 13) This quote discusses the baptism of a man turning from his old life of sins to a new life in Christ. On the political scale of law, an individual can not erase their sins or crimes just by having a baptism. Giving your old life to Christ and receiving a new one does not make an individual pure or sinless, according to others. However, for the Christian religion a baptism erases all the harmful or cruel things a person has ever done.The political debate whether being baptise erases your sins is different for every religion. The Christians strongly believe that Christ has the power to eliminate one 's sins, while many argue that you can not make your sins vanish because they have shaped you into the sinful person you are. Another example, that shows effects of religion and politics is the virtue that faith gives Christians the liberty to be free from the law “But if he has no need of works, neither has he need of the law; and if he has no need of the law, he is certainly free from , and the saying is true, the law is not made for a righteous man . This is that Christian liberty, our faith, the effect of which is, not that we should be careless or lead a bad life , but that no one should need the law or works for justification and salvation.” ( pg.2 paragraph 22) This quote

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