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Today’s post includes theses 7 and 8 of Hemmingsen’s Assertions concerning the Jewis Sabbath and the Festivals of Christians, in which he defines Sabbath days that were of particular importance due to their association with the great festivals of the Old Testament calendar. Assertions concerning the Jewish Sabbath and the Festivals of Christians (Continued) 7. […]
In today’s post, which includes assertiones 4-6, Hemmingsen defines the proper meaning “Sabbath” and then shows how, from that primary meaning, it is transferred as a title to days, weeks, and years. Assertions concerning the Jewish Sabbath and the Festivals of Christians (Continued) “Sabbath” properly signifies rest or cessation. From this meaning, the term is […]
Now that I have concluded the series on Zanchi on festivals, I’m going to turn my attention back to an old favorite of mine, the Danish Lutheran “crypto-Calvinist” Niels Hemmingsen. Hemmingsen was a disciple of Philip Melanchthon, and so this series will give us a good window into how Protestant Philippists thought about such things […]
We haven’t had a Hemmingsen post in a while, and I know how it has made you pine. Fret not; I’m here for you. In their discussion of the virtues, the magisterial Reformers followed the classical tradition in considering religion to fall under the category of, or to be a part of, justice, which can […]
Ever wondered what Paul meant when he said that the Law is fulfilled through obeying Leviticus 19.18 (“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”)? Can the Law really be “fulfilled” without reference to the first Table? Don’t worry, Niels Hemmingsen is here to help. Below are his notes on the verse from his commentary on […]
Colossians 2.16ff. is a locus classicus for discussing the Protestant doctrine of adiaphora, or things indifferent. In his commentary on Colossians (1566), Niels Hemmingsen provides a convenient treatment of the issue in his exegesis of the first two verses of the passage. We’ll look at what he has to say over the course of two or three posts. […]
Niels Hemmingsen, in the Enchiridion theologicum‘s locus on prayer, takes the address of the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father,” as referring not to the Person of the Father, but to the divine nature or the Triune God. This is because he sees prayer as directed to the Godhead as such. Here is what he says: First, then, this […]
After his exposition of the Apostles’ Creed in the Enchiridion theologicum, Niels Hemmingsen gives an even briefer summary of the Creed and thus of the Christian faith. Text and Translation Nunc totum Symbolum contraham in compendium: Credo in Deum Patrem, qui me creavit. Credo in Iesum Christum, qui homo factus, sua victima ad Patris iussum me […]
A little less than a year ago, I wrote a post on John Calvin’s views on posture in worship. The below is something of an addendum, a gloss from–wait for it–Niels Hemmingsen. Translation The fourth external circumstance of prayer is the posture of the body, which, although it is bound by no rules, should nevertheless […]
Niels Hemmingsen, commenting on the clause “I believe in the forgiveness of sins” in the Apostles’ Creed, calls gracious forgiveness the “chief adornment of the church.” Text and Translation Remissio peccatorum est praecipuum ornamentum Ecclesiae, quo donatur a suo sponso Christo. Nam forma propria iustificationis Ecclesiae et singulorum membrorum in Ecclesia, hic exprimitur, quae est […]