... many works on Romans, Colossians, and Proverbs helped to focus scholarly discussion and debate for both friend and foe. His Loci communes and other summaries of doctrine helped define for Lutherans and others the very center of the Bible. He influenced an entire generation of exegetes...

... the geographical and ecclesiological ones. The true nature of his theological convictions became visible in the clear light of Strasbourg. sola scriptural ecclesiological Loci Communes ecclesiastical locus This content is only available as a PDF. ...

... of the demonstrative genre. It therefore makes an ideal elementary reader. But for the overachievers in Philip’s class, the letter contains further splendors: commonplaces (loci communes), the chief topics found in every discipline of study and “drawn out from the deepest seats of nature...

...Melanchthon was one of Martin Luther's closest associates in Wittenberg and the author of the Augsburg Confession, numerous commentaries on the Bible (including five commentaries on Romans), commentaries on Aristotle, and an important and much revised theological handbook, the Loci Communes...

...This chapter discusses the concept of ‘common places’, which are also called loci communes and defined as general notions that are appropriate to the various disciplines of inquiry. One literary work that is included in the discussion in this chapter is Melanchthon's De...

... roots of theological encyclopedia in humanist ideas on scholarly method, early modern Protestant guidebooks to the study of theology (including loci communes or theological commonplaces), and related bibliographic surveys known as historia literaria, undertaken...

...In 1519, Melanchthon insisted on the bondage of the will as the result of both the divine determination of all things, and the Fall. However, over the next few years, his formulations became less stringent. This is traced through the first edition of the Loci communes (1519–22...

...In his Commentary on Romans of 1532, Melanchthon began to teach that the human will had limited freedom in both the temporal and spiritual realms. He further fleshed this out in the Loci communes of 1533–5, where he articulated an evangelical...

... Calvin’s lectures Calvin’s sermons congrégations Geneva Bucer Martin Bullinger Heinrich Chrysostom John Erasmus Desiderius Jerome Loci communes Melanchthon Philip Origen Isaiah prophet John evangelist McKee Elsie Strasbourg Holder R Ward Peter apostle Augustine justification by faith...

...). In addition, Philonic quotations appear in Christian Arabic florilegia (such as ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl’s translation of the Greek florilegium Loci communes). The article, finally, surveys two types of Pseudo-Philonic material preserved in Christian Arabic texts: the spurious quotations...

... Scotus Duns security of salvation penance synergism Schmalkaldic War Romans Loci communes Conrad Cordatus John Calvin rhetoric antinomy paradox predestination council of Trent free choice By the mid‐1530s Melanchthon's views on the role of the human will in choosing faith in Jesus had...

... the Saxon Confession (1551), which also served as a rebuttal to the Council of Trent. The Examination of Ordinands (1552, German edition) followed, along with a fourth edition of the Loci communes (1553). Melanchthon was coming under increasing attack from...