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After Merit: John Calvin's Theology of Works and Rewards (Refo500 Academic Studies, 34) by Charles Raith II; Günter Frank; Ute Lotz-Heumann; Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer; Johannes Schilling; Günther Wassilowsky; Siegrid Westphal; Tarald Rasmussen; Mathijs Lamberigts; Bruce Gordon; David M. Whitford; Zsombor Tóth is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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In this study Charles Raith II fills a gap in Reformation-era scholarship by analyzing Calvin’s teaching on works and reward in light of medieval theological developments surrounding the doctrine of merit. While significant analysis has been given to Calvin’s doctrine of justification, its relation to sanctification, the notion of union with Christ, and the role of participation, there is as yet no sustained analysis of how these teachings are shaped by the most hostile and pervasive of his polemics, namely, his confrontation with a merit-based framework for understanding Christian salvation. This volume, however, interprets Calvin’s own theological constructions as contextually determined by the reigning polemics of his day. In addition, previous scholarship on these topics has largely failed to properly contextualize Calvin’s own thought against the background of scholastic theological developments—developments that Calvin both accepts and rejects in the formulation of his own theology. After Merit addresses these gaps by (1) analyzing Calvin’s tracts, scriptural commentaries and Institutes to demonstrate Calvin’s unique distain for the doctrine of merit among the early Reformers
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- Author
- Charles Raith II; Günter Frank; Ute Lotz-Heumann; Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer; Johannes Schilling; Günther Wassilowsky; Siegrid Westphal; Tarald Rasmussen; Mathijs Lamberigts; Bruce Gordon; David M. Whitford; Zsombor Tóth
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Company KG
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783666552489
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Religion, Christian
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