Olivier Millet, Le discours de la Renaissance (XVe-XVIe siècles): Mythes, concepts et topiques, 2024

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Sarah Rindlisbacher Thomi, Botschafter des Protestantismus: Außenpolitisches Handeln von Zürcher Stadtgeistlichen im 17. Jahrhundert, 2022

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Castellios Dialogi sacri: Ein 250 Jahre lang weitherum benutztes europäisches Lateinlehrbuch eines höchst umstrittenen Autors

This essay deals with the Dialogi sacri by Sebastian Castellio. They comprise 137 dialogues on stories from the Old and New Testaments, which served as textbooks in Latin schools for 250 years. The selection of material has never been analyzed before, although it is very idiosyncratic. Most of the important stories are missing, such as the dialogues on the Exodus, the Sinai tradition, the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. They only appear indirectly as announcements or rather promises from God. With sideway glances at Castellio’s entire theological work, the author is able to shed new light on his doctrine of God and his image of man and demonstrates the reason for the gaps in Castellio’s dialogues, which hint to his theology oriented towards the promissio Dei.This essay deals with the Dialogi sacri by Sebastian Castellio. They comprise 137 dialogues on stories from the Old and New Testaments, which served as textbooks in Latin schools for 250 years. The selection of material has never been analyzed before, although it is very idiosyncratic. Most of the important stories are missing, such as the dialogues on the Exodus, the Sinai tradition, the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. They only appear indirectly as announcements or rather promises from God. With sideway glances at Castellio’s entire theological work, the author is able to shed new light on his doctrine of God and his image of man and demonstrates the reason for the gaps in Castellio’s dialogues, which hint to his theology oriented towards the promissio Dei

Institutionelle Trägheit? Mittelalterliches Erbe in reformierten Bibliotheken

This article examines the preservation of medieval books in Reformed libraries in the territory of present-day Switzerland. Given the persistence of late medieval practices and approaches in Protestant academia, it examines whether the example of libraries reveals a kind of institutional inertia, i.e. whether the pressure of existing collections and the normativity of de facto established practices gave the medieval library heritage a weight that slowed down radical change and disruption. It is shown that the medieval legacy did indeed exert a kind of formal pressure on the design of reformed libraries, which can even be traced down to the formulation of doctrine. However, the article also argues that the resulting continuities are by no means negative, but in some cases led to highly original approaches.This article examines the preservation of medieval books in Reformed libraries in the territory of present-day Switzerland. Given the persistence of late medieval practices and approaches in Protestant academia, it examines whether the example of libraries reveals a kind of institutional inertia, i.e. whether the pressure of existing collections and the normativity of de facto established practices gave the medieval library heritage a weight that slowed down radical change and disruption. It is shown that the medieval legacy did indeed exert a kind of formal pressure on the design of reformed libraries, which can even be traced down to the formulation of doctrine. However, the article also argues that the resulting continuities are by no means negative, but in some cases led to highly original approaches

Herman A. Speelman / Daniël Timmerman, Gereformeerde getijden: Over vroegmoderne vernieuwing van het spirituele levensritme, 2023

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Johannes Oekolampad, Ausgewählte Abendmahlsschriften, hg. von Florence Becher-Häusermann / Peter Litwan, 2023

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Judith Engeler, Das Erste Helvetische Bekenntnis von 1536: Die Schweizer Protestanten zwischen Bekenntnis und Bündnis, 2023

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Celine S. Young, Received by Christ: A Biblical Reworking of the Reformed Theology of the Lord’s Supper, 2023

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Debatten über den Abfassungsanlass des Römerbriefes in Kommentaren der Reformationszeit

In contemporary exegesis, the image prevails that the interpreters of the Reformation period read the Pauline Epistles as timeless theological treatises and not as situational and contextual letters. Melanchthon’s characterization of the Epistle to the Romans as a «doctrinae christianae compendium» is often cited as evidence for this. In contrast, the exemplary study of eight argumenta of commentaries on the Letter to the Romans from the 16th century shows that the early modern commentators had a picture of the historical circumstances in which this letter was written and tried to understand the letter from it. For this end, they used information from ancient commentaries (especially from Origen, Pelagius and Pseudo-Ambrosius) about Paul’s life and the situation in Rome.In contemporary exegesis, the image prevails that the interpreters of the Reformation period read the Pauline Epistles as timeless theological treatises and not as situational and contextual letters. Melanchthon’s characterization of the Epistle to the Romans as a «doctrinae christianae compendium» is often cited as evidence for this. In contrast, the exemplary study of eight argumenta of commentaries on the Letter to the Romans from the 16th century shows that the early modern commentators had a picture of the historical circumstances in which this letter was written and tried to understand the letter from it. For this end, they used information from ancient commentaries (especially from Origen, Pelagius and Pseudo-Ambrosius) about Paul’s life and the situation in Rome