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Martin Luther in his doctrine of “Justification through Faith” and later Immanuel Kant in his “An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment” both challenged the dominant authority of their time and presented innovative ideas of what man’s relationship to that traditional authority should be. ... Luther gives the individual freedoms that had not been enjoyed before and Kant further develops those freedoms. However, even though they both seem to develop an absolute autonomy and break free from heteronomy, they both still have limitations in gaining absolute human freedom because Luther is still heteronomy to God and Kant is still heteronomy in the private sphere.
Luther rejects the traditional Catholic church’s authoritative position as the necessary intermediary between the individual and God in order to obtain salvation. ... Thus, faith alone will earn salvation and will relieve the fear of damnation for the individual who may perhaps, like Luther, always feel anxious as to whether or not enough good works are being performed. ... These freedoms are founded upon Luther’s ultimate freedom, the certainty of salvation. ... “ (20)
The freedom which Luther speaks of is freedom from the heteronomy of the Church.
Approximate Word count = 890
Approximate Pages = 3.6
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