Take the tour ×  Can anyone give me a concise summary of Martin
Luther's "Two Kingdoms" theology, and also provide some
references back to his original works on the subject?
share|improve this question Interesting question! I live in a
mainly Lutheran country and have attended Lutheran churches a
lot, but can only remember explicitly being told about this
once. –  dancek Sep 24 '11 at 7:41 add comment  1 Answer
Without having understood the doctrine of the two kingdoms, it's
not possible to understand Luther's theology in its full extent.
It's a misunderstanding to think that by the justification by
faith alone all laws have lost their importance. As short as
possible: a Christian lives under two completly different
kingdoms, where the one is "God's kingdom under Christ"1 – here
he lives by faith in the righteousness coram Deo2 – and the
other is the world's kingdom – here he is man or woman, young or
old, lord, servant, peasant, citizen etc.3 and has to do good
works.  Accordingly, the human being is both