UID:
almahu_9949701742802882
Umfang:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004477520
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9789004100169
Serie:
Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 56
Inhalt:
Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther satisfies the need for a comprehensive survey, in English, of Martin Luther on baptism. The mature Luther was unstinting in praise of baptism. How does his vigorously expressed sacramental understanding sit with his earlier reformation insights? What is its impact upon justification, faith, conversion, the Church? The tensions and paradoxes are examined. Analysis of formal doctrine is complemented by a picture of baptism 'in action', culled mainly from the Lectures on Genesis . Central is baptism's 'present tense' - its abiding force in the Christian's life, ever available for an encounter with God. His insistence that Christian progress is not onwards from baptism, but a repeated return to it emerges from the heart of Luther's thought. It is one of his most distinctive and important bequests to the Church.
Anmerkung:
Rev. version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Durham, 1991.
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Preliminary Material /
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Acknowledgements /
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Chapter One A Cuckoo in the Nest? Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther /
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Chapter Two The Trysting Place: Baptism in the Lectures on Genesis (1535-45) /
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Chapter Three Water Embraced in the Word: The Baptismal Theology of the Older Luther /
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Chapter Four Reboarding an Abandoned Ship: Baptism and the Reformation Struggle /
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Chapter Five Semper es in Motu et Initio: Baptism and the Christian Life /
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Chapter Six A Church with No Boundaries? Baptism and Ecclesiology /
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Chapter Seven Luther on Baptism: An Assessment /
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Bibliography /
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Index of Names /
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Subject Index /
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Studies in the History of Christian Thought /
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1994 ISBN 9789004100169
Sprache:
Englisch
