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15 - Diversity and Conformity within Early Lutheranism

from Part Two - Schools and Emerging Cultures of Theology: Diversity and Conformity within Confessions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2023

By
Markus Matthias
Edited by
Kenneth G Appold  and
Nelson Minnich
Kenneth G Appold
Affiliation:
Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
Nelson Minnich
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

One cannot write a history of theology1 without involving spiritual motives and concepts as constitutive impulses (principia) that have influenced and propelled the progress of history. Therefore, a history of theology does not need to be a classical history of ideas2 and may not exclude from its consideration historical facts, contexts, and human interests. It will instead always attempt to understand the historical rationality, the “meaning,” and relevance of theological concepts and to appreciate them as motives of the historical actors.

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The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology , pp. 248 - 287
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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