[Hank Kerchief]

a Protestant Bible and thus are including what Luther added to Romans 3:28

Is this something you learned in Catholic School? There is not, to my knowledge, any Bible that adds the word "alone" to Romans 3:28. Would you please indicate the one you are familiar with that does?

I believe Martin Luther penned this word into his own, as a note.

Hank

[AndrewSshi]

Is this something you learned in Catholic School? There is not, to my knowledge, any Bible that adds the word "alone" to Romans 3:28. Would you please indicate the one you are familiar with that does?

I believe Martin Luther penned this word into his own, as a note.

From Martin Luther's German Bible, Romans 3:28:

"So halten wir nun dafür, dass der Mensch gerecht werde ohne des Gesesses Werke, allein durch den Glauben."

So yes, he did add "alone." The emphasis is mine.

[the_doc]

I believe AndrewSshi is correct about the "allein" in Luther's translation. As I understand it, Luther put it right in the text, not in a footnote.

Interestingly, the "allein" is theologically correct in making Paul's point, even if it is not transliterally correct. Unfortunately, this paraphrastic approach by Luther was a tactical blunder on his part. He was irked at Rome's refusal to get Paul's point, but by using the "allein" to make Paul's point crystal clear, the RCs got to charge Luther with adding to the Scriptures.

Under this pretext, they got to ignore Luther's point--which really was Paul's point.

To appreciate what I am saying, see my #54.