Reformation Theology: A Reader (Littlejohn - paperback)

Editor: Bradford Littlejohn

Publisher: Davenant Press

ISBN: 9780692970607

Binding: paperback

Section: Christianity-General

The Reformation tore the seamless garment of Western Christendom in two, pitting king and pope, laity and clergy, Protestant and Catholic against one another. But it was also a firestorm tearing through an old, stagnant, and dying forest, sowing the seeds for a burst of new and newly diverse life. For Protestant or Catholic believers in our own forgetful age, the need to understand these disputed doctrines, and the logic and coherence that linked them together, is all the more imperative. This is what this volume seeks to offer for the first time: a primary source reader focused squarely on the theological questions that drove the Reformation. Concise historical introductions accompanying each text bring these thirty-two texts to life, highlighting the enduring themes that we can glean from them.