“Honor Your Father And Mother” The Influence of Honor on Martin Luther’s Conception of Society

Stopa, Sasja Emilie Mathiasen

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“…This trusting relationship between God and the human being patterns Luther's understanding of hierarchical social relations in the God-given estates of church, household, and state. Although punishment and reward are necessary instruments for sustaining order in a sinful world, Luther argues that societal thrift and welfare depend on the existence of stable social relations characterized by mutual trust and obligation, and that these emerge from the human relationship to God (Stopa, 2018a(Stopa, , 2018b. Subjects are to trust in their superiors with obedience, be they the prince, the father or mother of the household, members of the clergy or other kinds of earthly authoritiesbecause they act as God's representatives and wear his masks, the larvae Dei.…”

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“…) of 1529. In the article "'Honor your father and mother': The influence of honor on Martin Luther's conception of society," I show how Luther interprets the Fourth Commandment "to honor your father and mother" to concern every hierarchical relationship between subjects and superiors in the earthly realm, and explain these relationships as characterized by obedient trust and loving care (Stopa, 2018a(Stopa, , 2018bcf. ;Stopa, 2021aStopa, , 2021b.…”

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“…Luther admits, though, that but for the worldly pleasures of hunting, dancing, and games, the lives of princes would be arduous, and claims that God allows them their fun if they behave lovingly toward their subjects. 22 I have explained this as a paradox of sin and trust permeating Luther's theology and social teaching in the article "ʽThrough Sin Nature has lost its Confidence in Godʼ: Sin and Trust as Formative Elements of Luther's Conception of Society" (Stopa, 2018a(Stopa, , 2018b. 23 The full title of the explanation reads: Truth unto Godliness in a simple and as short as possible while sufficient explanation of blessed doctor Martin Luther's Small Catechism containing everything that the person who wants to be saved needs to know and do.…”

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“…22 22 I have explained this as a paradox of sin and trust permeating Luther's theology and social teaching in the article “ʽThrough Sin Nature has lost its Confidence in Godʼ: Sin and Trust as Formative Elements of Luther's Conception of Society” (Stopa, 2018a, 2018b). …”

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Trusting in God and His Earthly Masks: Exploring the Lutheran Roots of Scandinavian High‐Trust Culture

Stopa¹

2020

J Historical Sociology

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In recent years, the high level of trust among Scandinavians in general and Danes in particular has attracted considerable international interest. The article unearths the rooting of Danish trust culture in Lutheran soil arguing for the influence of Lutheran theology and social teaching on Danish society from the Reformation onwards as a key to understanding its historical background. It identifies central social imaginaries of trust in Luther's work and trace their impact on eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century Danish Lutheran confessional culture by analyzing texts written by the influential theologians Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764) and Niels Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783–1872).

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2020

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“…7 7 See Stopa (2018a) for an analysis of how Luther was restructuring society on the basis of earthly hierarchies defined by honor through the fourth commandment. See also Peters for the argument of parental authority as the model for all earthly authority and the connection between the Fourth and First commandments, moving from obedience to parents to obedience to God (Peters, 1990, pp.…”

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I Trust You with My Child: Parental Attitudes to Local Authorities in Cases of Disobedient Children in 18th Century Denmark

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2020

J Historical Sociology

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During the 18 th century, a series of new institutions appeared in the provinces of Denmark. Their purpose was to discipline beggars and vagrants and to teach them not only to work, but also the Word of God. These tugt workhouses also became institutions for the reform of disobedient children behaving in an "un-Christian" manner. Children were often placed here at the initiative of their parents. The article argues that the trust placed by parents in the state authorities in this way can be understood within the framework of Luther's social teaching, especially his doctrine of the three estates and the understanding of the nature of authority and of mutual obligation that is represented there. 1 | INTRODUCTION In 1745, Mads Hansen Black, a citizen of Odense, wrote to the local authority, the estate owner and county governor Count Christian Rantzau. Black presented himself as an old man compelled with "great sorrow and pain" to witness the trouble caused by his son Jacob. The father described how the "several evil vices" of his son, who was seventeen years old, were getting worse and worse in spite of all admonitions and punishment from himself and from others. Black was worried that Jacob might end up in even worse trouble unless he was taken into detention "with strong force." To this end, he appealed to Count Rantzau for help. In his letter, he asks the count to: out of particular gentleness, [… ] show such mercy to help me [the father] to bring him as a disobedient child to the tugt house at Møn either for some years, if improvement (if God grants it) was to be expected, or if not, for life (RA, LA, Møn, Indkomne Breve 1745_21). 1 He goes on to assure the count that the boy is capable of work, and he expresses the hope that he might be taken into training for a profession (Ibid. 1745_21). Here a father who is unable to make his son behave is

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Scandinavian Journal of History

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“Honor Your Father And Mother” The Influence of Honor on Martin Luther’s Conception of Society

Cited by 4 publications

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Trusting in God and His Earthly Masks: Exploring the Lutheran Roots of Scandinavian High‐Trust Culture

Trusting in God and His Earthly Masks: Exploring the Lutheran Roots of Scandinavian High‐Trust Culture

I Trust You with My Child: Parental Attitudes to Local Authorities in Cases of Disobedient Children in 18th Century Denmark

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