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  • Ad Fontes Volume II

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    Ad Fontes Volume II

    Volume II, Issue 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 2 OF AD FONTES Tertullian famously asked, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”  The relationship between faith and reason, between the Holy Scriptures and natural revelation, and between Christian doctrine and non-Christian philosophy, has been the subject of immense debate within the Christian tradition. Unfortunately, the…

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  • THE EARLY CHRISTIAN APPROPRIATION OF PAGAN PIETY

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    THE EARLY CHRISTIAN APPROPRIATION OF PAGAN PIETY

    PHILOSOPHY AND THE CHRISTIAN AN INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 2 OF AD FONTES Tertullian famously asked, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” e relationship between faith and reason, between the Holy Scriptures and natural revelation, and between Christian doctrine and non-Christian philosophy, has been the subject of immense debate within the Christian tradition. Unfortunately, the…

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  • The Gospel Expressed: Luther’s Teaching on Alien Righteousness as Divine Gift

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    The Gospel Expressed: Luther’s Teaching on Alien Righteousness as Divine Gift

    When exactly the levee is going to break is not easy to know, but when it does we all know. October 31, 1517 is the day the levee broke in the church of the West. It is not likely that Luther was aware he was laying his ax to the root. But that is what…

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  • Ad Fontes II.3: Luther & Melanchthon

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    Ad Fontes II.3: Luther & Melanchthon

    In this issue, Christopher Dorn presents Luther’s thinking on the Lord’s Supper and Jonathan Tomes introduces Luther’s theology of beauty in his review of Mark Mattes’ recent book on the topic. Bradford Littlejohn presents an introduction to Melanchthon’s Apology of the Augsburg Confession, finally followed by portions of the Apology itself.  IN THIS ISSUE: The Gospel Embodied: Luther’s Theology of the…

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  • The Gospel Embodied: Luther’s Theology of the Lord’s Supper

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    The Gospel Embodied: Luther’s Theology of the Lord’s Supper

    Martin Luther sought above all to understand God’s self-revelation in the gospel, and how men and women are to grasp this revelation. In the gospel Luther discovered a God who comes to us. God condescends to us to meet us in our need as Savior and gives himself for us. Jesus Christ is God for…

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  • Ad Fontes Volume II, Issue 4

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    Ad Fontes Volume II, Issue 4

    Philosophy and the Christian in the Reformation In this issue, Dr. Hutchinson and Dr. Haines continue this year’s thematic study of how Christians should understand the relationship of philosophy and theology, faith and reason, by examining how the Protestant Reformers and their immediate successors approached this crucial question.   In This Issue Reason Diabolical, Reason Divine:…

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  • Reason Diabolical, Reason Divine: Melanchthon on Philosophy, Humanism and Scripture

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    Reason Diabolical, Reason Divine: Melanchthon on Philosophy, Humanism and Scripture

      This article appeared in Volume II, Issue 4 of Ad Fontes.

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  • Calvin’s Luther: Unity and Continuity in Protestantism

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    Calvin’s Luther: Unity and Continuity in Protestantism

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   John Calvin: More Lutheran or Zwinglian? Everybody knows that Calvin was closer to Zurich than to Wittenberg. What this essay presupposes is: Maybe he wasn’t? In fact, Calvin was neither Zwinglian nor Lutheran in the developed sense of those terms, but rather saw himself as one who might mediate between the two sides…

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  • Postmodernity and the Structures of Creaturely Life:  A Hermeneutical Proposal

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    Postmodernity and the Structures of Creaturely Life: A Hermeneutical Proposal

    When we conceive of finitude, we are often tempted to define this perplexing concept in opposition to infinity. Of course, because infinity is equally if not more perplexing, we find ourselves right back where we started.

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  • Martin Luther’s Farewell to Arms: The Two Kingdoms and the Rejection of Crusading

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    Martin Luther’s Farewell to Arms: The Two Kingdoms and the Rejection of Crusading

    Martin Luther’s political theology has fallen on hard times. While it was once common to give him credit for the emergence of modern political liberties, Luther’s legacy has, especially since the second world war, soured. Many have claimed that he set the stage for an unholy sort of sacred nationalism, while more recent commentators say…

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