The Essence of Faith According to Luther
E226907
The Essence of Faith According to Luther is a philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that critically examines Martin Luther’s theology to argue that religious faith reflects human self-consciousness and projected human qualities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Essence of Faith According to Luther canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2029424 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Essence of Faith According to Luther Context triple: [Ludwig Feuerbach, notableWork, The Essence of Faith According to Luther]
-
A.
Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace
Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace is a 1518 pastoral exposition by Martin Luther that explains and popularizes the theological ideas behind his Ninety-five Theses, especially his critique of indulgences and emphasis on God’s free grace.
-
B.
On Christian Doctrine
On Christian Doctrine is a foundational theological and hermeneutical treatise by St. Augustine that outlines principles for interpreting Scripture and for Christian teaching and preaching.
-
C.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
-
D.
Luther's Large Catechism
Luther's Large Catechism is a foundational 16th-century instructional manual on Christian doctrine written by Martin Luther, widely used for teaching the basics of faith within Lutheran tradition.
-
E.
The Church as sacrament of salvation
The Church as sacrament of salvation is a central Vatican II theological concept presenting the Church as a visible sign and effective instrument through which Christ’s saving grace is communicated to humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Essence of Faith According to Luther Target entity description: The Essence of Faith According to Luther is a philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that critically examines Martin Luther’s theology to argue that religious faith reflects human self-consciousness and projected human qualities.
-
A.
Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace
Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace is a 1518 pastoral exposition by Martin Luther that explains and popularizes the theological ideas behind his Ninety-five Theses, especially his critique of indulgences and emphasis on God’s free grace.
-
B.
On Christian Doctrine
On Christian Doctrine is a foundational theological and hermeneutical treatise by St. Augustine that outlines principles for interpreting Scripture and for Christian teaching and preaching.
-
C.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
-
D.
Luther's Large Catechism
Luther's Large Catechism is a foundational 16th-century instructional manual on Christian doctrine written by Martin Luther, widely used for teaching the basics of faith within Lutheran tradition.
-
E.
The Church as sacrament of salvation
The Church as sacrament of salvation is a central Vatican II theological concept presenting the Church as a visible sign and effective instrument through which Christ’s saving grace is communicated to humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsToShow |
that faith expresses human needs and desires
ⓘ
that theology is disguised anthropology ⓘ |
| author | Ludwig Feuerbach ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
Luther’s theology reveals the human basis of Christian faith
ⓘ
divine attributes are projections of human qualities ⓘ religious faith reflects human self-consciousness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| critiques |
Lutheran theology
ⓘ
traditional Christian doctrine ⓘ |
| examines |
concept of faith in Luther’s writings
ⓘ
psychological basis of religious devotion ⓘ role of subjectivity in religious belief ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
ⓘ
theological critique ⓘ |
| hasInterpretationOf |
Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith
ⓘ
Luther’s understanding of God ⓘ Luther’s view of human sinfulness ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anthropological interpretation of religion
ⓘ
humanistic critique of religion ⓘ |
| influenced |
later critiques of religion
ⓘ
modern secular interpretations of faith ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
G. W. F. Hegel
ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Reformation ⓘ
surface form:
Protestant Reformation
|
| intendedAudience |
philosophers of religion
ⓘ
students of Protestant theology ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ anthropology of religion ⓘ human self-consciousness ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ projection theory of religion ⓘ religious faith ⓘ theology of Martin Luther ⓘ |
| movement |
19th-century German philosophy
ⓘ
post-Hegelian philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
alienation and projection in religion
ⓘ
nature of religious consciousness ⓘ relationship between faith and reason ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
German philosophy
ⓘ
Young Hegelians ⓘ
surface form:
Young Hegelian movement
|
| relatedWork | The Essence of Christianity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Essence of Faith According to Luther Description of subject: The Essence of Faith According to Luther is a philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that critically examines Martin Luther’s theology to argue that religious faith reflects human self-consciousness and projected human qualities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.