Melanchthon in Europe: His Work and Influence beyond Wittenberg

by Karin Maag

Publishers:

Paternoster; Baker

, 1999

Overview

Study the heir of Luther’s legacy—Philip Melanchton. An enormously gifted theologian, Melancthon was a moderating voice in Lutheranism. Though his life and influence have not received the same attention as other Reformers, this collection of essays begins to rectify that short coming. They address Melancthon’s standing among both Lutherans and Reformed theologians, pinpointing where Melanchthon exercised his greatest influence.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Calvin also developed a radically biblical theology. However, he insisted that the biblical witness itself set the limits not just of terminology but of content and that therefore any comfort had to be found within the totality of that witness. What appeared to Melanchthon as speculation was for Calvin faithfulness. And Melanchthon’s moderatio, for all its appeal, could only be construed by Calvin as timidity or, worse yet, the result of philosophical scruples. It is finally this hermeneutical divide that continues to mark the differences between these two great streams of the Protestant tradition and between their ablest spokesmen.” (Page 44)

Product Details

• Title: Melanchthon in Europe: His Work and Influence beyond Wittenberg
• Author: Karin Maag
• Series: Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought
• Publishers: Paternoster, Baker
• Print Publication Date: 1999
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560
• ISBNs: 9781441222787, 0801022231, 0853649766, 9780801022234, 1441222782, 9780853649762
• Resource ID: LLS:MLNCHTHNRP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:32:55Z

About Karin Maag

Karin Maag is the director of the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies in Grand Rapids. She has authored and edited three other volumes on the Reformation.