Melanchthon and Bucer (Library of Christian Classics) [Paperback]

Wilhelm Pauck (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1969 | Series: Library of Christian Classics (Paperback Westminster) (Book 24)

This carefully translated and edited volume in the Library of Christian Classics contains Philip Melanchthon's famous Loci Communes and Martin Bucer's De Rengo Christi.

Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

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About the Author

Wilhelm Pauck was an influencial historian and theologian. He taught at the University of Chicago in Illinois; Union Theological Seminary in New York City; and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the editor of Luther: Lectures on Romans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press (January 1, 1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664241646
• ISBN-13: 978-0664241643
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Melanchthon and Bucer (Library of Christian Classics) (Paperback)

This volume contains an intelligent introduction to these two important Reformation works. Melanchthon's Loci Communes (Theological Commonplaces)was the first attempt to systematize the thought of the Lutheran Reformation on the basis of the Book of Romans using "theological topics." It appreared in 1521 and Luther praised the work. It is also free of the later controversial issues Melanchton inserted into later editions of this work as his thought continued to develop and diverge from Luther's.

Bucer's work is a good intro to Reformed thought and was influential in both England and amongst the Reformed on the continent.