Men,
Martin Luther called any theology that tried to discover God through human reason unaided by supernatural grace and the gift of faith a "Theology of Glory," or Glory of Man.
"The theology of glory, then, is a human-centered theology that leads to an overestimation of natural human power and ability. The theology of the cross shows the true condition of humans as helpless sinners alienated from God in mind and heart and desperately in need of God’s rescue mission, the cross of Christ. The theology of glory implies that humans can pull themselves up to God by their own bootstraps, so to speak, and leads to projects of self-salvation and theological speculation. The theology of the cross proclaims that humans are totally dependent and unable to figure out anything about God apart from God’s own self-disclosure and leads to discipleship marked by suffering for God and others." (Olsen, 382).
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