We condemn; how Luther and 16 th-century Lutheranism condemned false doctrine. /
Translated by Herbert J. A. Bouman.
- x, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
A translation of the author's Habilitationsschrift, Göttingen, published in 1955 under title: Damnamus.
Includes bibliographical references.
The anathemas in the Bible and in the ancient church -- Main lines of development in the Middle Ages -- Luther's Roman trial as an example of the attack on heretics in the late Middle Ages -- The antithesis against the Roman verdict -- Doctrine -- pure doctrine -- false doctrine -- The church of the pure doctrine -- Significance, authority, and limits of rejection -- The condemnations in the Augsburg confession -- Luther, Melancthon, and the Swiss -- Condemnation as practiced by the Gnesio-Lutherans -- The controversy about condemnations and the preliminaries to the Formula of Concord -- The controversy over condemnations in Strasbourg -- The Formula of Concord and the Damnamus.