That might be a chicken/egg arguement. I'm not sure you can ever seperate the two.
Does the pietist disdain his neighbor's piety and come to love his own? Or Does the pietist's love for his own piety bring him to disdain his neighbor.
In either case, good works are for the neighbor. God does not need them.
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Doesn't faith in your piety also make you a pietist?
I suppose - but can one really have faith in one's own piety without disdain for the neighbor?
That might be a chicken/egg arguement. I'm not sure you can ever seperate the two.
Does the pietist disdain his neighbor's piety and come to love his own? Or Does the pietist's love for his own piety bring him to disdain his neighbor.
In either case, good works are for the neighbor. God does not need them.
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