Luther moved away from an Aristotelian doctrine of virtue (that good habits lead to good character) and instead argued there is no necessary connection between faith and works—one can do good works and be evil, or be evil but receive God's grace at death and be saved.
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Unidentified Speaker — The Bible and Western Culture - Luther and the Reformation [jYKyP0Az87I]Evidence Quote
“taking these books together what we find is that we have a doctrine of faith as opposed to works and this is this is luther's way of jettisoning aristotle... there is no necessary connection between being a good man and doing works that we would be inclined to describe as praiseworthy”
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