History and Theology of The Book of Concord
Charles P. Arand, James A. Nestingen, and Robert Kolb
Fortress Press
Minneapolis
History and Theology of The Book of Concord
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arand, Charles P.
The Lutheran Confessions: history and theology of The Book of Concord / Charles P. Arand, James A. Nestingen, and Robert Kolb.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8006-2741-6 (alk. paper)
1. Konkordienbuch. 2. Lutheran Church—Creeds—History and criticism.
I. Nestingen, James Arne. II. Kolb, Robert, 1941-III. Title.
BX8068.A82 2012
238’.41—dc232011042067
Introduction: The Book of Concord, a Confessing of the Faith
Part One. The Ecumenical Creeds
A History of the Ancient Creedal Texts: Apostles, Nicene, and Athanasian
The Theological Contributions of the Ancient Creeds
Part Two. The Wittenberg Confessions, Luther’s and Melanchthon’s Confessions of the Faith
Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
The Smalcald Articles and the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
Part Three. The Formula of Concord
Theological Tensions among Luther’s Followers before His Death
The “Culture of Controversy”: The Smalcald War, the “Interims,” and the Adiaphoristic Controversy
The Majoristic and “Antinomian” Controversies
The Osiandrian Controversy over the Righteousness That Avails before God
The Controversies over the Lord’s Supper and Christology
Efforts at Attaining Concord, 1552–1569
Reactions to the Formula of Concord in the 1580s
Twenty years ago Timothy J. Wengert, James A. Nestingen, and Robert Kolb embarked on what was planned as a three-volume project, embracing a new translation of the documents in the Book of Concord; a volume that provides texts of other documents from the sixteenth century that either served as sources for one or another of the Lutheran confessions or illuminate the context in which they arose; and a historical introduction to the development and content of these documents. Specific tasks were divided among the three and work ...
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About The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of ConcordFrom their formulation in the sixteenth century through the present day, every generation of Lutheran leadership has grappled with the centrality and importance of the Lutheran confessional writings. In this important new volume, Arand, Kolb, and Nestingen bring the fruit of an entire generation of scholarship to bear on these documents, making it an essential and up-to-date class text. The Lutheran Confessions places the documents solidly within their political, social, ecclesiastical, and theological contexts, relating them to the world in which they took place, and assists readers in understanding the issues at stake in the narratives, both in their own time and in ours. |
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