[626] In allusion to such doctrines, Denifle speaks (Denifle, 1¹, p. 486) of “Luther’s worse than morbid, yea, terrible theology.” The passages in Tauler which have been alleged to show that his teaching was similar to that of Luther on this point, have quite a different sense. Tauler did not recognise the undeserved reprobation which Luther presupposes; he makes the horrible misfortune of eternal reprobation, which culminates in hatred of God, a result of voluntary separation from Him in this life.
[627] “Schol. Rom.,” pp. 213, 223.
[628] “Schol. Rom.,” p. 214.
[629] Ibid., p. 218.
[630] Ibid., p. 217 f.
[631] On the history of the explanation of this passage see Cornely, “Commentar. in Ep. ad Romanos,” pp. 471-4.
[632] “Schol. Rom.,” p. 218 f.
[633] The frequently quoted description is to be found in “Werke,” Weim. ed., 1, p. 557 f.
[634] “Schol. Rom.,” p. 272. Cp. ibid., p. 301.
[635] Cp. above, p. 228.