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Philipp Melanchthon: A short introduction
Philipp Melanchthon was one of the most influential theologians of the Reformation of the 16th century. He was responsible for transforming the secondary and tertiary educational systems in Germany. He was responsible for a new theological curriculum. He
Ignatius W.C. (Natie) van Wyk
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Die gestaltes van Philipp Melanchthon se Spreukekommentaar
This article argues the following thesis: The distinctive characteristics of Philipp Melanchthon’s Explicatio Proverbiorum Salomonis (1525 and following years) and the differences between the several editions or versions of it can only partly be ...
James Alfred Loader
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Biblical mythisation in Štefan Pilárik’s autobiographical writing [PDF]
The life of the Slovak Protestant priest and Baroque period author Štefan Pilárik (1615 – 1693) was filled with hardships. Pilárik was forced to convert by the Jesuits – and several times during his life at that –, in 1663, he was captured by the Tatars ...
Ingrid Papp
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The Formation of the Evangelical Confession in Germany: Melanchthon and religious polemics in the middle of the 16th century [PDF]
The present article examines the formation of the evangelical denomination in Germany for fifteen years after the death of Martin Luther. The author analyses the relationship and dogmatic disagreements between Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, Melanchthon’
Natal’ya Aleksandrovna Berezhnaya
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Early Modern Lutheran Theologians and the Redeemable Census
In sixteenth-century Germany, a particular financial operation called widerkaufflicher Zins or five percent contract sparked massive legal and theological controversies.
Paolo Astorri
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Philosophy and Theology in early Puritanism: William Ames’ Criticism of Metaphysic [PDF]
The article discusses the content of the «Theological Disputation against Metaphysics» by William Ames, one of the creators of Puritan theology. It is shown that Ames’ disputation against metaphysics and the line of his argumentation, firstly, goes back ...
Rodion Valentinovich Savinov
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The book cover of Biblia Germanicolatina (1565), which is held at the Rare Books and Manuscrips Unit of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, is analysed in this paper.
Milda Kvizikevičiūtė
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Alles Schicksal? Der Himmel als astrologische Auskunftei im Luthertum der Frühen Neuzeit [PDF]
The article “All is Fortune? The sky as an astrology agency in the early modern time lutheranism” deals with attitude to astrology as part of the Lutheran intellectual culture of the 16–17th centuries.
Walter Sparn
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Die lewe en werk van Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560): ’n Leksikografiese bydrae tot Reformasie 500
This article is a contribution to a research project of the Department of Church History and Church Polity at the University of Pretoria on the biography and work of the Reformers of the sixteenth century and their followers. The life and work of Philipp
Ignatius W.C. (Natie) Van Wyk
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