The Book of Concord and Human Sexuality,Seen Through the Institution of Marriage |
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| Authors: | Timothy J. Wengert |
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| Affiliation: | Timothy J. Wengert is the Ministerium of Pennsylvania Professor of the History of Christianity at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. His most recent book is Priesthood, Pastors, Bishops: Public Ministry for the Reformation and Today (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008). He co‐edited with Robert Kolb the 2000 edition of The Book of Concord. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : Although The Book of Concord says only a few things about sexuality explicitly, by observing the distinction between law and gospel and the way the reformers correlate the law with their social situation, today's Lutheran readers may reach broader conclusions about their approach to such matters. The most important issue regarding sexuality in the sixteenth century arose from the reformers' desire to distinguish monastic celibacy from true chastity and thus to support their conviction that every‐day married life was a God‐pleasing, Christian vocation. |
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| Keywords: | The Book of Concord monasticism marriage law and gospel Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Augsburg Confession Large Catechism |
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