Luther in English : the influence of his theology of law and gospel on early English evangelicals (1525-35) / Michael S. Whiting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiting, Michael S., author.

Series:

Princeton theological monograph series ; 142.

Princeton theological monograph series ; 142

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546--Influence.

Luther, Martin.

England--Church history--16th century.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages).

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2010]

Summary:

Recent studies have increasingly downplayed, and in a few cases even wholly denied, the influence of Martin Luther's theology of Law and Gospel on early English evangelicals such as William Tyndale. The impact of a late medieval Augustinian renaissance, Erasmian Humanism, the Reformed tradition, and Lollardy have all but eclipsed the more central role once attributed to Luther. Whiting reexamines these claims with a thorough reevaluation of Luther's theology of Law and Gospel in its historical context spanning twenty-five years, something entirely lacking in all previous studies. Based on extensive research in the primary sources, with acute attention to the larger historical narrative and in dialogue with secondary scholarship, Whiting argues that scholars have often oversimplified Luther's theology of Law and Gospel and have thus wrongly diminished his very significant, even principal, influence upon first-generation evangelicals William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes during the English Reformation of the 1520s and 30s.

Contents:

Introduction : Luther and the English evangelical reformers in retrospect

"Lex sola accusa"? : modern appraisals of law, gospel and the "tertius usus legis" in the theology of Martin Luther

Law and gospel in Luther's "breakthrough" years and early lectures on the Bible (1515-1520)

Combating legalism and lawlessness : law and gospel in Luther's writings of the 1520's

Law and gospel in Luther's later years and his dispute with the anitnomians (1530-1540)

After Lollardy and humanism : Luther's writings in England and the beginnings of "evangelical" reformation

Law and gospel in the theology of William Tyndale

Law and gospel in the theology of John Frith

Law and gospel in the theology of Dr. Robert Barnes

Conclusion : Reassessing the influence of Luther's theology of law and gospel on early English evangelicals

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781498271868

1498271863