Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness - Philip Melanchthon''s Exegetical Dispute With Erasmus of Rotterdam

Zusatztext ... an erudite contribution to Reformation studies ... A book to be read on holiday or study leave. Klappentext This book argues that Philip Melanchthon, conventionally pictured as hopelessly caught in the middle between Erasmus and Luther, and more "Erasmian" than a Lutheran theologian should have been, was, at least theologically, not Erasmian at all, but in fact sharply anti-Erasmus. Wengert draws largely on Melanchthon's Scholia on the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians as well as on a range of other contemporary sources to address a number of important questions, including the complicated and elusive relationship between humanism and the Reformation and the issues of proper biblical interpretation of free will, of divine and human righteousness, and of political order. Zusammenfassung In the 1520s, a battle raged between Luther and Erasmus over the freedom of the will. This book demonstrates that Philip Melanchthon - hardly a silent observer in the fray - was actively involved, especially in his 1528 commentary on Colossians. He rejected Erasmus's position while developing an independent, but compatible stance to Luther's own.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Timothy J. Wengert, Timothy J. (Associate Professor of Histor Wengert, Wengert Timothy J.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.1998
• EAN: 9780195115291
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511529-1
• Pages: 256
• Thèmes: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology; Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600