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1 online resource |
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Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology Ser |
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Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology Ser
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the New Edition -- Select Bibliography of Recent Literature on the Trinity in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity -- The Trinity in Medieval Philosophy -- Luther and the Trinity -- Luther and the Middle Ages -- Handbooks on the Trinity -- Foreword to the Original Edition -- Preface to the Original Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Aim of the Study -- Review of Literature -- Observations on the Recent History of Luther Scholarship -- Testing Three Approaches: The Historical-Genetic, the Systematic-Theological, and the Hermeneutical Approaches -- Introducing the Study's Approach -- The Relationship between Genre, Language, and the Trinity -- Promissio and Narrative -- The Three Chapters: The Three Genres -- Chapter 2: Luther's Understanding of the Trinity in the Doctoral Disputation of Georg Major and Johannes Faber (Dec. 12, 1544) -- The Disputation -- Luther and the Disputation -- The Doctoral Disputation -- The Regions of Academic Inquiry and the Disputation -- The Inner Trinity as the Subject Matter of the Disputation -- The Attacks on the Trinity in Luther's Later Years -- Infinity and the Inner Trinity -- The Inner Trinity and the Discourse of Infinity -- The "Improper" Language of the Spirit -- Tense, Modality, and the Eternal Generation of the Son -- The Infinity of the Inner Trinity: Conclusion -- Luther and Aristotle on the Divine Infinity -- The Actual Infinity -- The Potential Infinity -- Natural Philosophy and the Generation of the Son -- The Inner Trinity and the Analogy -- The Divine Infinity: Conclusion -- The Inner Trinity -- The Inner-Trinitarian Proposition -- The Scotus-Ockham Trajectory: The Metaphysical Claim of the Inner-Trinitarian res -- The Semantics of the Inner-Trinitarian Proposition -- The Logic of the totus and solus |
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The Inner-Trinitarian Proposition: Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Luther's Understanding of the Trinity in the Hymn, "Now Rejoice, Dear Christians" (1523) -- Luther and the Hymn -- Text and Melody -- The Genre of the Hymn -- The Holy Spirit -- The Joyous Advent of the Spirit -- End at the Beginning: The promissio -- The Divine Pleasure in Creation -- The Third Person of the Trinity: Conclusion -- The Divine Silence -- The Law-Gospel Relation and the Doctrine of God -- The Hymn of Praise and the Divine Silence -- The "I" in Captivity to the Unholy Trinity -- The Plot of "Before" and "After" as a Function of Genre -- The Pneumatological Conversion of Silence into Speech -- The Christological Transformation of Silence into Speech -- The Christological Mediation of the Penitential Psalms -- The Christological Mediation of the Lament -- Trinitarian Speech and Silence: Conclusion -- The Inner-Trinitarian Turn and the Outer-Trinitarian Advent -- The Inner-Trinitarian Essence: The Divine Passion and Mercy -- The Inner-Trinitarian Speech of the Father -- The Outer and Inner Trinity: The Advent of Christ -- Trinitarian Narrative as Interpretation of Dogma -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Luther's Understanding of the Trinity in the Two Sermons on Romans 11:33-36 Preached on Trinity Sunday (May 27, 1537) and the First Sunday after Trinity (June 3, 1537) -- Luther and the Sermon -- The Sermon as "Word-Event" in Contemporary Luther Scholarship -- The Dogmatic Narrowing as an Implication of the Word-Event Approach to Luther's Sermons -- Knowledge of God in Luther's Sermons on the Trinity -- Knowledge of the Triune God: Conclusion -- The Holy Spirit -- The Spirit: God Speaks from God -- The Homiletical Disputation: Knowledge of God from the "Outside-in" or the "Inside-out"? -- The Homiletical Word and the Narrativity of Incorporation |
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The Holy Spirit: Conclusion -- The Inner and Outer Trinity -- The Cross as the Eternal Sermon of the Father -- The Sites of Mutual Revelation -- The Hidden God (Deus Absconditus) in the Narrative of Trinitarian Revelation -- The Inner and Outer Trinity: Conclusion -- The Glorification of the Triune God in Creation -- The Trinitarian Structure of Revelation in Creation -- Doxology as Eschatological Impulse -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Names Index -- Scripture Index -- Old Testament -- New Testament |
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Annotation Martin Luther was classically orthodox. Scholars often portray Luther as a heroic revolutionary, totally unlike his peers and forebears--as if he alone inaugurated modernity. But is this accurate? Is this even fair? At times this revolutionary model of Luther has come to some shocking conclusions, particularly concerning the doctrine of the Trinity. Some have called Luther modalist or tritheist--somehow theologically heterodox. In The Trinity and Martin LutherChristine Helmer uncovers Luther's trinitarian theology. The Trinity is the central doctrine of the Christian faith. It's not enough for dusty, ivory tower academics to know and understand it. Common people need the Trinity, too. Doctrine matters. Martin Luther knew this. But how did he communicate the doctrine of the Trinity to lay and learned listeners? And how does his trinitarian teaching relate to the medieval Christian theological and philosophical tradition?Helmer upends stereotypes of Luther's doctrine of the Trinity. This definitive work has been updated with a new foreword and with fresh translations of Luther's Latin and German texts |
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Print version record |
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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 fast |
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Trinity -- History of doctrines
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Trinity -- History of doctrines -- 16th century
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Trinity -- History of doctrines
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1683590511 |
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9781683590507 |
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1683590503 |
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9781683590514 |
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