Martin Luther as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero : Images of the Reformer, 1520-1620

by Kolb, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780801022142
• ISBN10: 0801022142
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

A study of Martin Luther's legacy explains how the view of Luther as prophet, teacher, and hero shaped the thought and action of his followers.

Author Biography

Robert Kolb (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison) is Missions Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He is the author of numerous books and essays and served as the co-editor of The Sixteenth Century Journal from 1994 to 1997.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	7	(1)
Illustrations	8	(1)
Introduction	9	(8)
Part One Theander Lutherus: The Man of God as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero
The Living Prophet: Luther in the View of His Contemporaries	17	(22)
The Beginnings of the Reformation	18	(7)
From Monk and Teacher to Prophet and Angel	25	(9)
Burying and Praising Luther	34	(5)
The Prophet of God: Luther as the Authoritative Interpreter of God's Word	39	(36)
The Assertion of Luther's Authority	40	(6)
The Perspective of Cyriakus Spangenberg	46	(4)
Descriptions of Luther as Apostle, Evangelist, and Prophet	50	(5)
Luther's Authority in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Confessions and Corpora Doctrinae	55	(8)
Luther's Authority in the Formula of Concord	63	(2)
The Decline of Luther's Prophetic Authority	65	(10)
The German Prophet: Luther as Hero of the People and the Nation against the Baalites of Rome	75	(28)
Depicting the Hero	75	(7)
The Characteristics of the Prophetic Hero	82	(4)
Writing the Life of the Hero	86	(17)
The Teaching Prophet: Luther as Instructor of Pure Teaching in Conflict with the Sacramentarians	103	(18)
Luther's Teaching Office through the Republication of His Works	104	(1)
Luther's Teaching in the Crypto-Philippist Controversy	105	(7)
The Apology of the Book of Concord	112	(3)
Luther as Prophetic Teacher in the Crypto-Calvinist Controversy of the 1590s	115	(6)
The Hero of the Reformation: Popular Presentations of Luther in Maturing Lutheranism	121	(16)
Martin Luther on Stage	121	(5)
The Reformation Jubilee and Luther's Image	126	(11)
Part Two Opera Omnia Reverendi Domini Martini Lutheri: The Reprinting of Luther's Works in the Half Century after His Death
The Complete Luther: The Initial Editions of Luther's Published Teaching	137	(18)
The First Collected Works	139	(2)
The Wittenberg Edition	141	(5)
The Jena Edition	146	(4)
The Eisleben Edition	150	(1)
Luther's Correspondence	151	(1)
Table Talk	152	(3)
Blossoms and Bouquets from Luther's Thought: Topical Collections and Individual Reprints of Luther's Publications	155	(40)
For the Comfort and Instruction of God's People	155	(28)
The Postils	156	(1)
The Catechism	157	(6)
The Hymns	163	(2)
Pastoral Theology	165	(1)
Devotional Materials	166	(4)
Prayers	170	(2)
Biblical Comment	172	(3)
Social Thought	175	(3)
Prophetic Prediction	178	(5)
Polemic	183	(7)
Aids for Reading Luther	190	(5)
The Loci Communes Lutheri: Luther Systematized for Teaching the Faith	195	(30)
Introduction of the Topical Approach	195	(4)
Topical Overviews of Luther's Theology	199	(8)
Organizing Luther for Edification	207	(18)
The Form of Luther's Thought according to Corvinus	208	(3)
The Form of Luther's Thought according to Kirchner	211	(5)
The Form of Luther's Thought according to the Brandenburg Theologians	216	(1)
The Form of Luther's Thought according to Walther	217	(2)
The Form of Luther's Thought according to Fabricius	219	(6)
Conclusion. Theander Lutherus	225	(6)
Appendix. The Printing History of the Wittenberg and Jena Editions of Luther's Works	231	(2)
Bibliography	233	(36)
Index	269