03406nam 2200673Ia 450 991045573170332120210608224445.01-280-46998-60-19-535403-60-585-25720-5(CKB)111004366529086(EBL)271625(OCoLC)476007818(SSID)ssj0000174880(PQKBManifestationID)11157168(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174880(PQKBWorkID)10189330(PQKB)10838030(MiAaPQ)EBC271625(Au-PeEL)EBL271625(CaPaEBR)ebr10278344(CaONFJC)MIL46998(OCoLC)935260574(EXLCZ)9911100436652908619970312d1998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHuman freedom, Christian righteousness[electronic resource] Philip Melanchthon's exegetical dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam /Timothy J. WengertNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (254 p.)Oxford studies in historical theologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-511529-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.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: 1528-1560Appendix: The Printing History of the Scholia Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;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.Oxford studies in historical theology.LibertyReligious aspectsHistory of doctrines16th centuryFree will and determinismReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrines16th centuryJustification (Christian theology)History of doctrines16th centuryRighteousnessHistory of doctrines16th centuryElectronic books.LibertyReligious aspectsHistory of doctrinesFree will and determinismReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesJustification (Christian theology)History of doctrinesRighteousnessHistory of doctrines233/.7/0922Wengert Timothy J993749MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455731703321Human freedom, Christian righteousness2275418UNINA