Glossary Term
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- Gerechtigkeit
- Transliteration
- Gerechtigkeit
- Rejected alternatives
- Tugend
Righteousness
CRITICAL: ‘Gerechtigkeit Gottes’ in Romans 1:17 is the exact phrase behind Luther’s own reported breakthrough (Turmerlebnis) — realizing it names a righteousness God gives and credits, received passively by faith, not a righteousness God demands and that must be achieved. This is the single most historically load-bearing term in the German package.