Counsel and Conscience

Language: English

Published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, 2011

3525550278 / 9783525550274

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Zustandsbeschreibung: leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear. Lutheran Casuistry and Moral Reasoning After the Reformation. Mayes demonstrates how and why Lutheran casuistry arose: he shows that this casuistry literature was intended to instruct and comfort the consciences of Christians. - In Lutheran Germany of the post-Reformation era (ca. 1580-1750), a genre of pastoral, ethical writings arose that consisted in casuistry and in topically or thematically related theological counsels. In this first volume Mayes shows that this casuistry literature was intended to instruct and comfort the consciences of Christians. Lutheran casuistry, related to but also distinct from Roman Catholic and Reformed counterparts, arose especially as pastors looked within Holy Scripture, the medieval tradition, and the writings of Martin Luther and other Lutheran authorities for answers to ethical problems and doctrinal disputes, and then catalogued their findings. As an extensive example from this genre Mayes examines the "Thesaurus Consiliorum Et Decisionum", published in 1671 by Georg Dedekenn and Johann Ernst Gerhard. This Thesaurus was an anthology of wise advice from Lutheran theologians and jurists, published to encourage readers to avoid individualistic ethical choices and instead to engage in an "aristocratic" process of moral decision making in which one would consult the wise men of the past and present. The counsels included in the Thesaurus address inter-confessional disputes, intra-Lutheran disputes, sacraments, church government, pastoral ministry, social ethics, marriage, sexual ethics, and many other topics. The topics of divorce and remarriage, especially, show the different ways in which Lutherans reasoned about moral matters. The author shows that in the Thesaurus the Lutheran casuistry literature, which has been overlooked in most scholarship of the 20th and 21st centuries, was in bloom. It arose to meet the needs of people who had doubts, and it continued to instruct and console Christian consciences for many generations. 250 Seiten mit 5 Tab., gebunden (Refo500 Academic Studies; Vol. 1/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011). Früher EUR 100,00. Gewicht: 556 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.

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Title
Counsel and Conscience
Author
Mayes, Benjamin T. G.
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
Publication year
2011
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Wie Neu
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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9783525550274
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556 grams
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