| − | Luther strongly repudiated the Epistle as "a letter of straw", and "unworthy of the apostolic Spirit", and this solely for dogmatic reasons, and owing to his preconceived notions, for the epistle refutes his heretical doctrine that Faith alone is necessary for salvation. | + | Luther strongly repudiated the Epistle as "a letter of straw", and "unworthy of the apostolic Spirit". He objected to it mostly because it refutes his doctrine that [[Faith]] alone is necessary for salvation. |