Friends of the Law

by Engelbrecht, Edward A.

• ISBN13: 9780758631381
• ISBN10: 0758631383
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-01
• Publisher: Concordia Pub House

Summary

Charges of forgery, heresy, legalism, and immorality turn on the question of whether Martin Luther taught a third; use of the Law for the Christian life. For the past sixty years, well-meaning scholars believed they settled the question-with dire consequences;.

Table of Contents

Tables	p. vii
abbreviations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Background	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Biblical Wisdom and Natural Law	p. 13
Jesus, Philo, and Paul	p. 21
Early Christian Apologists	p. 27
Early Western Theologians	p. 35
Medieval Theologians	p. 53
The Reformation	p. 71
Luther's Earliest Teaching (1515-22)	p. 73
Regard for Moses (1522-25)	p. 91
Luther's Early Interpretation of 1 Timothy (1525-28)	p. 99
The Catechisms (1529-30)	p. 121
Enumeration in the Lectures on Galatians (153 J, 1535)	p. 127
The Smalcald Articles (1536-38)	p. 139
The Antinomian Disputations (1537-39)	p. 147
Later Editions of the Church Postil (1540, 1543)	p. 163
The Lectures on Genesis (153 5-44)	p. 171
Consistency in Luther's Teaching	p. 175
Melanchthon on the Use of the Law	p. 187
Calvin on the Use of the Law	p. 1201
The Council of Trent (1545-63)	p. 209
The Formula of Concord VI	p. 217
Toward a New Consensus	p. 225
Current Questions and Answers	p. 227
Conclusions	p. 247
The Law of Moses in Early Judaism and Christianity	p. 257
Luther's Phrases for the Use of the Law	p. 259
Variety in Luther's Descriptions of the Law	p. 261
Commentary on Formula of Concord VI	p. 263
The Modern Debate on the Use of the Law	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 279
Scripture Index	p. 297
Topical Index	p. 303
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