Christ-Person and Office-Person

In 1523 Martin Luther wrote Von weltlicher Obrigkeit (On Secular Authority). In it he separated what a Christian does for himself from what he does for others. An dir und an dem Deinen hältst du dich nach dem Evangelium und leidest Unrecht für deinen Nächsten. In your own affairs, you keep to the Gospel and suffer injustice. An dem andern und an dem Seinen hältst du dich nach der Liebe und leidest kein Unrecht für deinen Nächsten. In the affairs of others, you keep to love and do not let injustice be done to your neighbor. This became known as the Lutheran distinction between the Christ-person and the world- or office-person, the Amtsperson.

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