Calvin and Luther: The Continuing Relationship

Calvin and Luther: The Continuing Relationship

Author: R. Ward Holder

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2013-09-18

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 3647550574

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The reforms begun by Luther and Calvin became two of the largest and most influential movements to arise in the sixteenth century, but frequently, these two movements are seen and defined as polar opposites – one's theology is Reformed or Lutheran, one is a member of a Reformed or Lutheran congregation. Historically, these were two very separate movements – but more remains to be understood that can best be analyzed in the context of the other.Just as surely as the historical question of the boundaries between Calvin and Luther, or Lutheranism and Calvinism must be answered with a resounding yes, the ongoing doctrinal questions offer a different picture. In the more systematic doctrinal articles, an argument is forwarded that the broad confessional continuity between Luther and Calvin on the soteriological theme of union with Christ offers still-unexplored avenues to both deeper understandings of soteriology. Through such articles, we begin to see the possibility of a rapprochement between Calvin and Luther as sources, though not as historical figures. But that insight allows the conversation to extend, and bear far greater fruit.Contributors are, J.T. Billings, Ch. Helmer , H.P. Jürgens, S.C. Karant-Nunn, R. Kolb, Th.F. Latini, G.S. Pak, J. Watt, T.J. Wengert, P. Westermeyer, and D.M. Whitford.


Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority

Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority

Author: John Calvin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1991-09-27

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1107393035

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Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal 'magistral' Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However, neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvin's On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them. Luther's On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of the theology and political thinking of their authors.


Theology of John Calvin

Theology of John Calvin

Author: Karl Barth

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1995-11

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780802806963

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This historically significant volume collects Karl Barth's lectures on John Calvin, delivered at the University of Göttingen in 1922. The book opens with an illuminating sketch of medieval theology, an appreciation of Luther's breakthrough, and a comparative study of the roles of Zwingli and Calvin. The main body of the work consists of an increasingly sympathetic, and at times amusing, account of Calvin's life up to his recall to Geneva. In the process, Barth examines and evaluates the early theological writings of Calvin, especially the first edition of the Institutes.


The Personal Luther

The Personal Luther

Author: Susan Karant-Nunn

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 9004348883

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Overwhelmingly, Martin Luther has been treated as the generator of ideas concerning the relationship between God and humankind. The Personal Luther deliberately departs from that church-historiographic tradition. Luther was a voluble and irrepressible divine. Even though he had multiple ancillary interests, such as singing, playing the lute, appreciating the complexities of nature, and observing his children, his preoccupation was, as he quickly saw it, bringing the Word of God to the people. This book is not about Luther’s theology except insofar as any ideational construct is itself an expression of the thinker who frames it. Luther frequently couched his affective utterances within a theological framework. Nor is it a biography; it does not portray a whole life. Rather, it concentrates on several heretofore neglected aspects of the Reformer’s existence and personality. The subjects that appear in this book are meant to demonstrate what such core-taking on a range of mainly unexplored facets of the Reformer’s personality and experience can yield. It will open the way for other secular researchers to explore the seemingly endless interests of this complicated individual. It will also show that perspectives of cultural historians offer the broadest possible evidentiary base within which to analyze a figure of the past.


Chemnitz's Works, Volume 10 (Apology of the Book of Concord)

Chemnitz's Works, Volume 10 (Apology of the Book of Concord)

Author: Martin Chemnitz

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780758652553

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Prepared by some theologians commissioned for this project in the year after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1583. With the permission of His serene Highness' administrator of the archbishopric of Madgeburg.


Calvin and the Reformed Tradition

Calvin and the Reformed Tradition

Author: Richard A. Muller

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 1441242546

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Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating Calvin's place in the tradition as one of several significant second-generation formulators. Muller argues that the Reformed tradition is a diverse and variegated movement not suitably described either as founded solely on the thought of John Calvin or as a reaction to or deviation from Calvin, thereby setting aside the old "Calvin and the Calvinists" approach in favor of a more integral and representative perspective. Muller offers historical corrective and nuance on topics of current interest in Reformed theology, such as limited atonement/universalism, union with Christ, and the order of salvation.


Calvin and the Christian Tradition

Calvin and the Christian Tradition

Author: R. Ward Holder

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-06-09

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1316512940

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This study overturns core conceptions regarding Calvin revising what we know about Calvin, history, tradition, and our own situation.


Creator and Creation according to Calvin on Genesis

Creator and Creation according to Calvin on Genesis

Author: Rebekah Earnshaw

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 3647540838

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In her work Rebekah Earnshaw provides an analysis of Creator and creation according to Calvin on Genesis. This offers a new theological reading of Calvin's Genesis commentary and sermons, with an eye to systematic interests. This analysis is presented in four chapters: The Creator, The Agent and Act of Creation, Creatures, and Providence. Calvin on Genesis gives unique insights into each of these. First, the Creator has priority in Calvin's thought. The Creator is l'Eternal, who is infinitely distinct and abundantly for creatures in his virtues. Second, the agent of creation is triune and the act of creation is "from nothing" as well as in and with time. This is a purposeful beginning. Third, Calvin affirms creaturely goodness and order. The relation of humans and animals illustrates Calvin's holistic view of creation as well as the impact of corruption and disorder. Providential sustenance and concursus are closely tied to the nature of creatures and the initial word. Fourth, fatherly governance for the church is presented separately and demonstrated by Calvin's treatment of Abraham and Joseph. Earlier presentations of Calvin on Creator and creation are incomplete, because of the lack of sustained attention to Calvin on Genesis. This analysis supplements works that concentrated on the Institutes and Calvin on Job, by bringing new material to bear. Further, throughout this analysis lies the implicit example of a biblical theologian, who pursues what is useful from scripture for the sake of piety in the church. Insights from Calvin's thought on Genesis provide a foundation for systematic work that reflects on this locus and the integrated practice of theology.


The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls (Foreword by D. A. Carson)

The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls (Foreword by D. A. Carson)

Author: Matthew Barrett

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2019-03-14

Total Pages: 880

ISBN-13: 1433555441

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Many factors contributed to the Protestant Reformation, but one of the most significant was the debate over the doctrine of justification by faith alone. In fact, Martin Luther argued that justification is the doctrine on which the church stands or falls. This comprehensive volume of 26 essays from a host of scholars explores the doctrine of justification from the lenses of history, the Bible, theology, and pastoral practice—revealing the enduring significance of this pillar of Protestant theology.