Introduction : reformation of the ancient tradition : interpreting the Fathers in the eucharistic debates -- Colloquy of Marburg (1529) : the Fathers as allies or liabilities -- John Calvin's use of the Fathers in the Institutes and New Testament commentaries -- John Calvin and Joachim Westphal : first phase of the debate (1555-1556) -- Calvin and Westphal, continued : second phase of the debate (1557-1558) -- Calvin versus Hesshusen : the Fathers as a challenge to biblical interpretation -- Use of the Fathers at the Colloquy of Montbeliard (1586) : Theodore Beza versus Jakob Andreae
Summary
An important analysis of the Reformers' appropriation of Patristic sources
Notes
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index
