The shared center — held across the tradition
Gelassenheit — the whole ethic is yielding.
The word means submission: to God, to the church, to the Ordnung, to the people you were born among. Its opposite is not disobedience but Hochmut, high-mindedness — which is why a chrome bumper and a graduate degree are refused for the same reason.
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Held by most — broad, but not universal
Nobody says out loud that they are saved.
Assurance of salvation is heard as presumption about God's verdict. The Amish speak of a living hope instead, and an Amish-raised person who joins an evangelical church and announces they are saved is one of the most common causes of a family breach.
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