The medieval Luther / / edited by Christine Helmer.

• Superior document: Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation / Studies in the Late Middle Ages, Humanism, and the Reformation ; 117.
• HerausgeberIn: Helmer, Christine
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen, Germany : : Mohr Siebeck,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Staging a conversatino among distinguished Luther scholars, historians of Christianity, and philosophers, The Medieval Luther makes the case that it is impossible to understand Luther's most important doctrines without exploring his philosophical inheritance. After all, Luther was an ardent participant in and contributor to the philosophical disputes of the late Middle Ages. By situating Luther's theology in relation to medieval healing practices, mysticism, biblical interpretation, and politics, this volume blurs the historiiographical line between the medieval and early modern periods. Offering an expansive apreciation of the Middle Ages for his thought, The Medieval Luther is indispensable for any future study of the Reformation's leading figure. --Dust Jacket Front Inside Flap.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Titel -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Source Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 -- Christine Helmer -- Introduction. The Search for the Medieval Luther -- Part One. Christology -- Chapter 2 -- David J. Luy -- Martin Luther and Late Medieval Christology. Continuity or Discontinuity? -- Chapter 3 -- Richard Cross -- Luther's Christology and the Communicatio Idiomatum -- Chapter 4 -- Aaron Moldenhauer -- Analyzing the Verba Christi. Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and Gabriel Biel on The Power of Words -- Chapter 5; Marilyn McCord Adams -- Eucharistic Real Presence. Some Scholastic Background to Luther's Debate with Zwingli -- Part Two. Soteriology -- Chapter 6 -- Graham White -- Modal Logic in Luther's Enslaved Will -- Chapter 7 -- Alice Chapman -- Christ the Physician. Medieval Roots of the Christus Medicus in Luther -- Chapter 8 -- Candace L. Kohli -- The Medieval Luther on Poenitentia. Good Works as the Completion of Faith in the Christian Life -- Chapter 9 -- Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth -- Friendly Grace. The Augustinian Roots of Luther's Epistemology -- Chapter 10; Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen -- "You Are Mine, and I am Yours". The Nuptial Motif in Luther's Theology -- Chapter 11 -- Volker Leppin -- Mysticism and Justification -- Part Three. Ministry -- Chapter 12 -- Dean Phillip Bell -- Ministry and Sacred Obligation. A Late Medieval Context for Luther's "On Whether One May Flee from the Death" -- Chapter 13 -- Christopher Voigt-Goy -- Luther and Priestly Potestas in the Late Middle Ages -- Chapter 14 -- G. Sujin Pak -- The Protestant Reformers and the Analogia Fidei -- Chapter 15 -- Christine Helmer -- The Priesthood and its Critics -- Notes on Contributors; Primary Literature -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Passages -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects