Trinitarian grace in Martin Luther's : the bondage of the will / Miikka Ruokanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruokanen, Miikka, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Free will and determinism.

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. Servo arbitrio.

Luther, Martin.

Genre:

Religious materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This study reveals the powerfully Trinitarian and participatory nature of Martin Luther's conception of divine grace in his magnum opus 'The Bondage of the Will'. It establishes a genuinely new understanding of Luther's major treatise opening up its ecumenical potential.

Contents:

Cover

Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther's The Bondage of the Will

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Abstract

1: Introduction

1.1 The Root of the Conflict between Luther and Erasmus

1.2 Varying Interpretations of The Bondage of the Will

1.3 Task, Method, and Sources of the Study

1.4 A Note on Terminology

2: Erasmus and Luther: Two Different Paradigms of the Christian Faith

2.1 The Paradigm of Erasmus: God's Fair Treatment of the Humans

2.2 The Paradigm of Luther: Union by God's Monergistic Grace

3: Luther's Theological Method of Conflict and Distinction

3.1 The Pneumatological Efficacy of Scripture

3.2 The Human Being as a Battlefield of the Opposing Transcendental Powers

3.3 Distinction between Law and Gospel

4: The Enslavement of the Human Being

4.1 Sin as Infirmity

4.2 "The Necessity of Immutability"

5: Pneumatological Emphasis in the Doctrine of Grace

5.1 A Fully Theocentric Conception of Grace

5.2 God's Holy Spirit-The Actuality of Grace

5.3 Flesh or the Spirit

6: The Trinitarian Nature of the Pneumatological Grace

6.1 Christological Grace Made Operative by the Holy Spirit

6.2 The Analogy of Creation in the Doctrine of Grace

7: A Theology of Paradoxes

7.1 Is God Just?

7.2 Focus on the Certainty of Salvation

8: A Comprehensive View of Luther's Doctrine of Grace

8.1 The Three Dimensions of Grace

8.2 An Amendment of Tuomo Mannermaa's Interpretation of Luther

9: Is there Any Possibility of Reconciliation between Erasmus and Luther?

10: Conclusion

Bibliography

Sources

Literature

Index of Personal Names

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Case binding.

ISBN:

0-19-191636-6

0-19-264896-9

OCLC:

1249471448