Loci Theologici

by Martin Chemnitz

Publisher:

Concordia Publishing House

, 1989

Overview

This extensive theological overview is a commentary on Melanchthon’s Loci Communes by the chief author of the Formula of Concord. Drawing on Lutheran tradition, Chemnitz explores all the major theological categories, as well as topics such as the Trinity, creation, revenge, poverty, grace and justification, mortal and venial sin, and Sacraments.

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Key Features

• Preface by the translator
• Preliminary explanation of the Loci Communes
• Subject index

Contents

Top Highlights

“This revealed Word and witness confirm that the church must separate itself from the teaching, the worship, and the prayer offered by the heathen and from all those who do not know the Gospel.” (Page 54)

“To sum it up: Since all men by nature acknowledge that there is a God and that He is to be glorified as God, and at the same time they are compelled to confess that they do not know how He is to be worshiped, God has ingrafted into them this knowledge, so that they may seek the proclamation of divine revelation in the church.” (Page 53)

“Thus since Christ has been delivered, crucified, and raised again, and since the light of the Gospel has been recognized, we make this witness our own, we keep our gaze on this Son, and we learn from Him these two points: who God is and what His will is.” (Pages 49–50)

“For we are justified by faith, not because it is so firm, robust, and perfect a virtue, but because of the object on which it lays hold, namely Christ, who is the Mediator in the promise of grace.” (Page 503)

“Thus we must always keep in mind the principle that the creation of things and their preservation is expressly the work of the entire Trinity, the eternal Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” (Page 51)

Product Details

• Title: Loci Theologici
• Author: Martin Chemnitz
• Translator: J. A. O. Preus
• Publisher: Concordia
• Publication Date: 1989
• Pages: 759

About Martin Chemnitz

Martin Chemnitz (November 9, 1522–April 8, 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the Lutheran tradition he is known as Alter Martinus, the “Second Martin”: Si Martinus non fuisset, Martinus vix stetisset (“If Martin had not come along, Martin would hardly have survived”) goes a common saying concerning him.