Haga Was there a Lutheran Metaphysics?

The interpretation of communicatio idiomatum in Early Modern Lutheranism
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-647-55037-4
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Kein

E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 002, 297 Seiten

Reihe: Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)

Joar Haga traces the Lutheran doctrine of communicatio idiomatum, the exchange of properties between the natures of Christ, as it developed in some important controversies of the 16th and the early 17th Century. Regarding it as the nerve of his soteriology, Luther stressed the intimacy of the two natures in Christ to such a degree that it threatened to end the peaceful relationship between theology and philosophy. At the same time as the Wittenberg reformers broke with certain strains of their philosophical heritage, they would insist that the continuation of Christ’s bodily presence was a reality in sacrament and nature (!), irreducible to a sign or to a memory. On the other hand, they did not want to be ignorant of the claims of reason. By rejecting the classic framework for a peaceful coexistence of philosophy and theology on the one hand, and insisting on Christ’s bodily reality on the other, the quest for a new concept of how philosophy and theology related was implicitly stated.Earlier research identified two traditions of Lutheran Christology: One train of thought follows Luther in emphasising the difference between philosophy and theology. This can be seen in the Tübingen solutions where Johannes Brenz and Theodor Thumm are the most interesting thinkers. Another train of thought can be found in the conservative pupils of Melanchthon, where Martin Chemnitz and Balthasar Mentzer are the most prominent theologians. This research does not merely group the thinkers within the confines of a tradition, but underlines their individual contributions to an open-ended history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haga, Joar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Title Page;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Acknowledgements;8
6;Preface;10
7;Introduction;12
7.1;Choice of theme and structure;14
7.2;Some definitions and reflections on method;18
8;Luther’s new interpretation;22
8.1;The role of Christology in Luther’s understanding of salvation;22
8.2;The great Christological disputations 1539–1540;65
8.3;Summary : Luther’s Christology;89
9;Melanchthon’s diverging solution;92
9.1;Melanchthon’s dismissal of communicatio idiomatum;92
9.2;Melanchthon’s method;94
9.3;Melanchthon’s interpretation of Colossians 3:1– 5;95
9.4;Melanchthon’s notion of presence;97
9.5;Summary : Melanchthon’s alternative;113
10;Communicatio idiomatum in Lutheran thought between the reformer and the Formula of Concord;116
10.1;Introduction;116
10.2;Consolidation on the left: “Consensus Tigurinus” (1549);117
10.3;Lutheran critique of the “Consensus Tigurinus”;122
10.4;Christology and cosmology : The definition of presence by Brenz . .;131
10.5;Jacob Schegk: a philosophical evaluation of the Württemberg Christology;146
10.6;Summary;155
10.7;Martin Chemnitz and his voluntary ubiquity;157
10.8;The Formula of Concord – a hybrid construction?;172
10.9;Critique of the Formula: The Helmstedt theologians and Johannes Kepler;179
10.10;Summary of the chapter;210
11;The controversy between Giessen and Tübingen;214
11.1;Introduction ;214
11.2;Prelude: A report from Saxony;217
11.3;Balthasar Mentzer and his view of the presence of Christ;219
11.4;The response from Tübingen;240
11.5;Summary;268
12;Was there a Lutheran metaphysics?;272
13;Literature;276
14;Index;296
14.1;Index rerum;296
14.2;Index personae ;297
15;Back Cover;299

Über Autor(innen)

Haga, Joar
Joar Haga, PhD, is a Research Fellow at MF Norwegian School of Theology.

Joar Haga, PhD, is a Research Fellow at MF Norwegian School of Theology.