Oberman, Heiko Augustinus,

The Reformation : roots and ramifications / [print] Heiko A. Oberman ; translated by Andrew Colin Gow. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, (c)1994. - xv, 232 pages ; 22 cm.

Subtitle on cover: Roots and ramifications. Essays originally published from 1966 to 1984.



The Reformation : the quest for the historical Luther -- Martin Luther : forerunner of the Reformation -- Martin Luther : between the Middle Ages and modern times -- The meaning of mysticism from Meister Eckhart to Martin Luther -- Wir sein pettler. Hoc est verum : covenant and grace in the theology of the Middle Ages and Reformation -- Wittenberg's war on two fronts : what happened in 1518 and why -- From protest to confession : the Confessio Augustana as a critical test of true ecumenism -- Truth and fiction : the Reformation in the light of the Confutatio -- Zwingli's reformation between success and failure -- One epoch--three reformations.



9780802808257

94030595

BR309.O12.R446 1994