Sola
Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther's Theology
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Sola
Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther's Theology
About this book
Leppin explores the four "solas" of Reformation theology--Christ, grace, faith, and scripture--as both anchored in the culture of late-medieval devotion and representing new, firmly demarcated formulae. Luther's four pillars became clarion calls in the fight against the medieval church. Leppin helps readers understand, however, that in the journey toward these new theological understandings, continuity and discontinuity were inextricably linked. Luther built upon the foundations of his late-medieval world, even as he articulated the sola Christus, sola gratia, sola fide, and sola scriptura foundations that would change Christianity forever. Along the way, these principles functioned as integrative, continuous ideas and exclusive, demarcating ones at the same time.
Luther's world was a new and fundamentally different theological realm, but Sola: Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther's Theology also shows us the ways Luther and his thought were products of the personalities and intellectual origins from which they came.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: From Inclusiveness to Exclusiveness. How Luther Transformed Medieval Ideas and Shaped Reformation
- 1. Critique of Indulgences in the Late Middle Ages
- 2. “Solus Christus” from Late Medieval Passion Piety to Reformation Faith
- 3. “Sola Gratia.” Penitence and Grace in Luther’s Early Theology
- 4. Sola fide and Monastic Existence. The Amalgamation of Paul and Mysticism in Luther’s Romans Lectures
- 5. Sola scriptura. The Genesis of the Reformation’s Scriptural Principle. Observations Concerning Luther’s Conflict with John Eck until the Leipzig Disputation
- 6. How Does Luther See Scripture Explaining Scripture? A Look at Luther’s Pneumatic Hermeneutics
- 7. “For the Letter Kills, but the Spirit Gives Life.” Interpreting 2 Corinthians 3:6 in the Middle Ages and the Reformation Era
- Bibliography
- Index
- Lutheran Quarterly Books
- Sources