Kurt Aland, professor of early church history and New Testament textual research, wrote: “He went through the entire Bible in his mind in order to determine whether this newfound knowledge could stand up to comparison with other Bible statements, and he found that he was corroborated everywhere. ”
რწმენით და არა საქმეებით ან ეპიტიმიით გამართლების (ანუ ხსნის) შესახებ დოქტრინა ლუთერის სწავლების დედაბოძად იქცა.