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The Transformation of the Wittenberg Concord in Philip Melanchthon's Correspondence from Statement to Formula for Concord

The author examines the way Philip Melanchthon refers to the Wittenberg Concord in his surviving correspondence. The evidence examined would suggest that the preceptor's views on the Wittenberg Concord changed around the Diet of Schmalkald of 1537. Before this meeting, Melanchthon saw the Witte...

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Cyhoeddwyd yn:Lutheran quarterly 37(2023), 2, Seite 136-158
Prif Awdur: Jammerthal, Tobias (Awdur, VerfasserIn)
Fformat: Online Resource Erthygl
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: 2023
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Crynodeb:The author examines the way Philip Melanchthon refers to the Wittenberg Concord in his surviving correspondence. The evidence examined would suggest that the preceptor's views on the Wittenberg Concord changed around the Diet of Schmalkald of 1537. Before this meeting, Melanchthon saw the Wittenberg Concord as primarily a declaration of orthodoxy from Martin Bucer and his fellow-Upper-Germans. Since 1537, the text became an important reference point of doctrine, the adherence to which was crucial for ecclesiastical unity - the statement became a formula of concord.
ISSN:2470-5616