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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (5)


 06 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s selection, Melanchthon affirms both that the church has never ceased to exist, from its establishment in the time of Genesis all the way up to the present, and that it nevertheless has often...

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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (4)


 05 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s post, Melanchthon cites one more patristic source (Origen) as an example of how the church’s authority is rightly deployed.  He then proceeds to sketch his understanding of the relation...

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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (3)


 04 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s post, Melanchthon begins to marshal patristic support for his understanding of the relative weight of various authorities in theology. Melanchthon’s high view of both Scripture and patristic...

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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (2)


 03 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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This is just a short one for today. In this passage, Melanchthon sketches how one ought to affirm the supreme authority of Scripture without going overboard. His concern for antiquity echoes Zanchi’s...

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Melanchthon on the Church and the Word (1)


 02 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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A new week; time for a new series. This one, which will last for a while, will be on Melanchthon’s treatise De ecclesia et autoritate verbi dei (“On the Church and the Authority of the Word of God”),...

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“By the Mystery of Our Savior’s Fasting and Temptation”: The Collect for Invocavit Sunday


 01 Mar 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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I missed last week (sorry!) but here is the Collect for this week (Invocavit Sunday) from the Order of Worship for the Reformed Church in the United States, to accompany the Gospel reading from Matthew...

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Hemmingsen on the Sabbath and Christian Festivals (13)


 28 Feb 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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This post wraps up the series on Hemmingsen on the Sabbath and Christian festivals. In these four assertiones, he concludes with some remarks on change, continuity, and authority.  Of special significance...

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Hemmingsen on the Sabbath and Christians Festivals (12)


 27 Feb 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s theses, Hemmingsen discusses the very important topic of adiaphora, or things indifferent, for that is what undergirds his comments on “ceremonies.” What Zanchi does in the case of festivals,...

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Hemmingsen on the Sabbath and Christian Festivals (11)


 26 Feb 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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In today’s post, consisting of assertiones 27 and 28, Hemmingsen distinguishes his view of Christian festivals from what he considers both gentile and Romanist perversions. Here, one can clearly see how he separates...

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Hemmingsen on the Sabbath and Christian Festivals (10)


 25 Feb 2020
 Posted by E.J. Hutchinson
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Herewith the next three assertiones, on the major festivals of redemption and the memorials of saints. One notices the pedagogical and practical purposes Hemmingsen sees for such observances, and the way in which...

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