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Sola: Christ, Grace, Faith, and Scripture Alone in Martin Luther's Theology

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Volker Leppin
2024
Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Series: Lutheran Quarterly Books
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Leppin explores the four "solas" of the Reformation -- Christ, grace, faith, and scripture -- as both anchored in the culture of late-medieval devotion and representing new, firmly demarcated formulae. Leppin helps readers understand that in the journey toward new theological understandings, continuity and discontinuity were inextricably linked.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page, Copyright

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Abbreviations

pp. ix-x

Introduction: From Inclusiveness to Exclusiveness. How Luther Transformed Medieval Ideas and Shaped Reformation

pp. 1-14

1. Critique of Indulgences in the Late Middle Ages

pp. 15-30

2. "Solus Christus" from Late Medieval Passion Piety to Reformation Faith

pp. 31-54

3. "Sola Gratia." Penitence and Grace in Luther's Early Theology

pp. 55-96

4. Sola fide and Monastic Existence. The Amalgamation of Paul and Mysticism in Luther's Romans Lectures

pp. 97-118

5. Sola scriptura. The Genesis of the Reformation's Scriptural Principle. Observations Concerning Luther's Conflict with John Eck until the Leipzig Disputation

pp. 119-162

6. How Does Luther See Scripture Explaining Scripture? A Look at Luther's Pneumatic Hermeneutics

pp. 163-184

"7. "For the Letter Kills, but the Spirit Gives Life." Interpreting 2 Corinthians 3:6 in the Middle Ages and the Reformation Era "

pp. 185-198

Bibliography

pp. 199-222

Index

pp. 223-226

Lutheran Quarterly Books

pp. 227-228

Sources

pp. 229
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