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| Titre : | We Condemn : How Luther and 16th Century Lutheranism Condemned False Doctrine |
| Auteurs : | Hans-Werner Gensichen, Auteur ; Herbert J. A. Bouman, Traducteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Saint Louis [USA] : Concordia Publishing House, 1967 |
| Format : | x + 213 p. |
| Note générale : | Titre original: Damnamus (1955) |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | HS/E (Histoire de la théologie : Réforme; théologie protestante (de la Réforme jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine)) |
| Résumé : |
Why worry about the early Lutheran “We condemn” formulas now in an age searching for denominational unity?
This book’s topic isn’t as damning as it appears. While it explores the barriers against false doctrine raised by the 16th-century Reformers, it reminds 20th-century Lutherans of the live ecumenical questions these condemnations pose: What do you stand for? Where do we differ? What shall we talk about? The “We condemn” statements in the Lutheran symbols weren’t curses or “police state” weapons Lutherans used to silence their “enemies.” Condemnation of heresy was always combined with continuous efforts to resolve differences. Here was the first step in genuine ecumenical dialog. With the old ecclesiastical, political, and social signposts disappearing, the “We condemn” statement was a means of keeping beliefs and differences clearly in view. All churches of the day operated this way. Each clearly stated its doctrines and staunchly defended itself wherever possible. Much of Lutheranism’s modern stance was forged in battles and decisions surrounding the succeeding “We condemn” formulas. In the interest of interconfessional dialog this book helps those inside and outside today’s 74.5-million Lutheran family ask: What do these proscriptions in the Lutheran confessions mean? How were they understood? What do they not intend? In answering, this critical-historical, scholarly study examines the antecedents of the “We condemn” in the Bible and the ancient church. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Preface to the English Edition - Introduction PART I - THE ANTECEDENTS - 1. The Anathemas in the Bible and in the Ancient Church - 2. Main Lines of Development in the Middle Ages - 3. Luther’s Roman Trial as an Example of the Attack on Heretics in the Late Middle Ages PART II - LUTHER - 4. The Antithesis Against the Roman Verdict - 5. Doctrine — Pure Doctrine — False Doctrine - 6. The Church of the Pure Doctrine - 7. Significance, Authority, and Limits of Rejection PART III - THE PERIOD OF THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION (1530-1565) - 8. The Condemnations in the Augsburg Confession - 9. Luther, Melanchthon, and the Swiss - 10. Condemnation as Practiced by the Gnesio-Lutherans PART IV - THE ERA OF CONCORD (1565-1583) - 11. The Controversy About Condemnations and the Preliminaries to the Formula of Concord - 12. The Controversy over Condemnations in Strasbourg - 13. The Formula of Concord and the Damnamus |
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