Reformatorische Theologie und Autoritäten

The contributions in this volume reconstruct the formation of the sola scriptura principle and emanate from a working group set up during 2012's Luther Congress in Helsinki. The authors track this development by examining Luther's dealings with the church fathers, the Holy Scripture and church law. The closely correlated studies enable differentiated statements to be made on the gradual process of replacement which reformation theology effected within the traditional structures of authority. Between 1516 and 1521 - the short space of time dealt with here - a repositioning, the result of which lies at the core of Reformation theology, is revealed.