Memoria - theologische Synthese - Autoritätenkonflikt

After Martin Luther's death in 1546 and amidst the inner-protestant controversies thrown up by 1548's Augsburg Interim, in which Philip Melanchthon was also involved, the pupils of Wittenberg's two reformers were challenged to restate their theology in the face of altered political constellations. The »memoria« credited to and cherished by Luther and Melanchthon played an important part in this, smoothing the way for a theological synthesis that contained Lutheran elements and strove to integrate Melanchthon's, whilst also aiming for confessional differentiation and seeking to resolve rivalries and conflicts of authority. The essays collected in this volume put this all into context.Scott Hendrix: Luther and Melanchthon in the Esteem of Georg Spalatin - Timothy J. Wengert: The First Biography of Martin Luther, Compiled by Johannes Pollicarius - Henning P. Jürgens: Luther-Biographie als Polemik bei Johannes Cochlaeus - Armin Kohnle: Die Reformatoren neben Luther in den Lutherpredigten des Johannes Mathesius - Naomichi Masaki: Luther-Memoria on the Occasion of his Death - Robert Kolb: Memoria Melanchthoniana 1560. The Public Presentation of Philip Melanchthon at his Death - Luka Ilić: The Image of Martin Luther in the Works of Matthias Flacius Illyricus and its Reception among Flacians - Irene Dingel: Das Bild Luthers und Melanchthons in der Historiographie zur Confessio Augustana - Vera von der Osten-Sacken: Konfessionelle Aneignung und Stilisierung der Autorität Martin Luthers im Luthertum des späten 16. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel von Nikolaus Selnecker (1530-1592)