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2 Volumes. Volume 1 is an exhaustive, scholarly study of the age of Lutheran orthodoxy, the period from 1577 to 1713, in which Lutheran doctrine was developed, systematized, and defended by theologians such as Melanchthon, Chemnitz, Gerhard, Calov, Quenstedt, and other. Volume 2 discusses classical contributions to two major articles of faith: the doctrine of God and the doctrine of creation....

CHAPTER ONE Lutheran Orthodoxy and Its Champions What do we mean by orthodoxy? When we speak of orthodoxy in connection with Lutheran theology and life, we do not mean merely a phenomenon of rigid conservatism, which has appeared in most Christian communions (Roman Catholic, Reformed, and Lutheran) and even in political parties from time to time. We refer rather to the concrete historical development that we see persisting in Lutheranism from the time of the Formula of Concord, and even before, to
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