Heinrich Heshusius (1556-1597) was a Lutheran pastor and polemicist, and from 1593 also a Lutheran superintendent of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony. An examination of his activities, writings, and public sermons sheds light on the Lutheran ecclesiastical culture of the late Reformat…
"The unity of the early German Reformation, even regarding themes as central as justification, is still an open question. This study examines the development of the doctrine of justification in the works of the prominent first and second generation Lutheran reformers from the vi…
The unity of the early Lutheran reformation, even in the central themes such as justification, is still an open question. This study examines the development of the doctrine of justification in the works of the prominent first and second generation Lutheran reformers from the vi…
The dramatic unfolding of events after Martin Luther's revolutionary act led to the ultimate, and seemingly irreparable, fissure with Roman Catholicism: excommunication and schism. From the point of that rupture, up to and including most of the 20th century, the history of theol…
This book probes attitudes towards Greek antiquity by Lutheran humanists, posited in their sixteenth century context within the framework of Protestant universal history, pedagogical concerns, and the newly made acquaintance with Byzantine texts and post-Byzantine Greeks.