Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine Luther’s view of conscience. First, we will clarify the Korean (the Bible) semantic meaning of conscience and explain the three dimensions of conscience which is described as the structure of the tabernacle by Luther.(II) Secondly, Luther’s understanding of conscience is compared with the Kantian understanding of conscience as the internal court of human beings. This reveals that the Kantian notion of autonomous conscience has not excluded the idea of extraterritorial conscience.(III) Finally, we will discover that Luther’s notion of conscience is not a disconcerting conscience, but rather a conscience of joy.(IV) For Luther, the establishment of religious reformist faith is a theological reinterpretation of the righteousness of God, a revolution from active righteousness (justitia activa) to passive righteousness (justitia passiva), or a revolution from disconcerting conscience to joyful conscience. This revolution we will call “The revolution of the Reformation of Conscience.”
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