The Catholicity of the Reformation

ed. Robert Jenson

Year 1996
Type Book
Genre ecclesiology
Tradition Lutheran
Original language English

For For Lutheran and ecumenical readers interested in the Reformation as a movement of catholic renewal.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 2 of 5 worth a look
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 3 of 5 demanding

Essays arguing that the Reformers sought renewal in continuity with the catholic church, not a new Protestantism.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 3 of 5
Scriptural 2 of 5
Experiential 0 of 5
Sociological 3 of 5
Historical 4 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson and published by Eerdmans in 1996. The essays argue that the Reformers did not set out to create Protestant Christianity but sought reformation and renewal in continuity with the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church, and they urge the recovery of that catholic tradition today. Jenson's own contribution examines communio ecclesiology; David S. Yeago proposes a new reading of Luther, and Frank C. Senn discusses the Reformers' changes to the order of the mass.

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