Sources and Contexts of the Book of Concord - Softcover

Robert Kolb; James A. Nestingen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800632907 ISBN 13: 9780800632908

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2001

Synopsis

Born in controversy and raised in university settings, the Lutheran reform movement was embroiled immediately, publicly, and perennially in theological disputes and political battles. While controversies during Martin Luther's lifetime centered on disagreements with Rome and Geneva, present and later differences emerged over interpreting Luther's and Melanchthon's theologies on such issues as governmental interference, liturgical practices, justification's implications for good works and sin, the Lord's supper, and election. It is this defining dis-concord, alternating with attempts at concord and conciliation, that is reflected in the documents newly translated in this indispensable documentary companion to The Book of Concord, which includes the works of Agricola, Eck, Chemnitz, Melanchthon, and Luther.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Kolb, professor of systematic theology emeritus at Concordia Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri, has taught on five continents and written or edited some thirty books, including The Book of Concord, co-edited with Timothy J. Wengert (Fortress Press, 2000), and The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology, co-edited with Irene Dingel and Lubomir Batka (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800632907
• ISBN 13: 9780800632908
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296