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Also called Deus absconditus.
God as encountered outside the promise: in suffering, in silence, in what cannot be explained. Luther's counsel was to flee the hidden God and take refuge in the revealed God, in Christ, in the word and sacraments.
In Doctrine — What Lutherans teach, and where it differs from neighbouring traditions.
