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Theology of the Cross

Luther's term (from the 1518 Heidelberg Disputation) for finding God specifically in suffering, weakness, and the cross, rather than in power and success. Its opposite is the “theology of glory,” which looks for God only in strength and triumph.

In Doctrine — What Lutherans teach, and where it differs from neighbouring traditions.

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