Record Nr.

UNINA9910778720703321

Autore

Wengert Timothy J

Titolo

Human freedom, Christian righteousness [[electronic resource] ] : Philip Melanchthon's exegetical dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam / / Timothy J. Wengert

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-773954-7

1-280-46998-6

0-19-535403-6

0-585-25720-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in historical theology

Disciplina

233/.7/0922

Soggetti

Liberty - Religious aspects - History of doctrines - 16th century

Free will and determinism - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - 16th century

Justification (Christian theology) - History of doctrines - 16th century

Righteousness - History of doctrines - 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; I: BACKGROUND TO THE DISPUTE; 1 Philip Melanchthon: Alien to or Ally of Erasmus?; 2 Melanchthon's Relation to Erasmus, 1519-1524; II: GROUND RULES FOR AN EXEGETICAL DEBATE; 3 Text and Tradition; 4 Ratio seu Methodus Melanchthonis; III: THE CONTROVERSY OVER HUMAN FREEDOM AND CHRISTIAN RIGHTEOUSNESS; 5 Melanchthon's Controversy with Erasmus as Reflected in Their Correspondence, 1524-1528; 6 Colossians against Erasmus on the Freedom of the Will; 7 Colossians 2:23 as Melanchthon's ""Politics""; IV: THE AFTERMATH; 8 Melanchthon at Erasmus's Funeral: 1528-1560

Appendix: The Printing History of the Scholia Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1520's, 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.