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Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther satisfies the need for a comprehensive survey, in English, of Martin Luther on baptism.
The mature Luther was unstinting in praise of baptism. How does his vigorously expressed sacramental understanding sit with his earlier reformation insights? What is its impact upon justification, faith, conversion, the Church? The tensions and paradoxes are examined. Analysis of formal doctrine is complemented by a picture of baptism 'in action', culled mainly from the Lectures on Genesis.
Central is baptism's 'present tense' — its abiding force in the Christian's life, ever available for an encounter with God. His insistence that Christian progress is not onwards from baptism, but a repeated return to it emerges from the heart of Luther's thought. It is one of his most distinctive and important bequests to the Church.
The mature Luther was unstinting in praise of baptism. How does his vigorously expressed sacramental understanding sit with his earlier reformation insights? What is its impact upon justification, faith, conversion, the Church? The tensions and paradoxes are examined. Analysis of formal doctrine is complemented by a picture of baptism 'in action', culled mainly from the Lectures on Genesis.
Central is baptism's 'present tense' — its abiding force in the Christian's life, ever available for an encounter with God. His insistence that Christian progress is not onwards from baptism, but a repeated return to it emerges from the heart of Luther's thought. It is one of his most distinctive and important bequests to the Church.
Price: $168.00
Pages: 234
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
Publication Date:
01 April 1994
ISBN: 9789004100169
Format: Other
'Jonathan Trigg's excellent book...is really an explanation of what Luther meant when he spoke of having "the proper respect and true appreciation of the gift of baptism"...'
Dr John G. Strelan, Beacon Hill Books Reviewer, 1995.
'Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther is an important contribution to historical theology, one that deserves the attention of all serious students of Luther's doctrine.'
James Edward McGoldrick, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1995.
Dr John G. Strelan, Beacon Hill Books Reviewer, 1995.
'Baptism in the Theology of Martin Luther is an important contribution to historical theology, one that deserves the attention of all serious students of Luther's doctrine.'
James Edward McGoldrick, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1995.
Jonathan D. Trigg, Ph.D. (1992) in Theology, University of Durham, is an Anglican clergyman serving in the Diocese of London. He is Vicar of St. Thomas, Oakwood and Area Dean of Enfield.