Luther Digest, Volume 12 (2004)
I. Scripture
Theo Bell. “The Magnificat—Translated and Explained by Dr. Martin Luther.”
Mary Jane Haemig. “The Other John in John: Luther and Eck on John the Baptist (John 1:19-28).”
Arnold J. Koelpin. “Preparing a New Bible Translation in Luther’s Day.”
Mickey L. Mattox. “Sancta Sara, mater ecclesiae. Martin Luther’s Catholic Exegesis of Genesis 18:1-15.”
John K. Riches. “Theological Interpretation of the New Testament and the History of Religions: Some Reflections in the Light of
Galatians 5:17.”
Birgit Stolt. “‘... And Feel It in Your Heart:’ Luther’s Bible Translation from the Viewpoint of Modern Language and
Translation Research.”
Paul F. M. Zahl. “Mistakes of the New Perspective on Paul.”
II. The Pastoral Luther
Matthieu Arnold. “Making and Breaking of the Marriage Bond according to Bucer and Luther.”
David Cornick. “The Reformation Crisis in Pastoral Care.”
Won Yong Ji. “Mission and Church Renewal: Scanning the Asian Horizon for the Twenty-First Century.”
Helmar Junghans. “Luther’s Table Talks.”
Gerald S. Krispin. “A Study in Luther’s Pastoral Theology.”
Carter Lindberg. “Luther on Poverty.”
Johann Werner Mödlhammer. “The ‘One Church of Christ.’ Considerations regarding the Catholic Understanding of Church with
Reference to ‘Dominus Iesus’.”
Wolfhart Pannenberg. “‘Outside Us’—Luther’s Contribution to Christian Piety.”
Wolfhart Pannenberg. “Luther’s Contribution to Christian Spirituality.”
Franz Posset. “Teacher as Care of Souls: Ecumenical Potential of the Concept of the Care of Souls in the Old Luther.”
Jared Wicks, S.J. “The Significance of the ‘Ecclesial Communities’ of the Reformation.”
Friedrich Wintzer. “Luther as Preacher.”
Christian Zippert. “Luther’s Presence in His Hymns.”
III. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Johannes Brosseder. “Martin Luther on God as Father.”
Jean-Paul Gabus. “The Experience of the Spirit in Protestant Religious Revivals.”
Christine Helmer. “More Difficult to Believe? Luther on Divine Omnipotence.”
Frank D. Macchia. “Justification through New Creation: The Holy Spirit and the Doctrine by which the Church Stands or Falls.”
Dennis Ngien. “Trinity and Divine Passibility in Martin Luther’s ‘Theologia Crucis’.”
Otto Hermann Pesch. “A Little Plea for an ‘ascetic’ Doctrine of the Triune God. Following the Example of Thomas Aquinas and
Martin Luther.”
Birgit Stolt. “The Positive God-the-Father Image of the Older Luther.”
IV. Special Issues
Oswald Bayer. “Luther’s Entire Theology.”
Gottfried Hammann. “The ‘Joyous Exchange’: Theological Meditation on a Key Theme of Lutheran Spirituality.”
Christine Helmer. “Luther’s Theology of Glory.”
Gottfried Hoffmann. “The Twofold Use of iustificari according to Apology IV, 72.”
Lois Malcolm. “What Justification Has to Do with Idolatry and Blasphemy.”
John Arthur Maxfield. “Catholic or Heretic? Martin Luther as Rebel and Reformer.”
Michael Parsons. “The Apocalyptic Luther: His Noahic Self-Understanding.”
Michael Plathow. “Reality—Revealed in the Cross. Martin Luther’s Theology of the Cross in Contemporary Context.”
Gerhard Sauter. “The Proclamation of the Resurrected One as Promise of Life with God.”
Harold Wells. “Theology of the Cross and the Theologies of Liberation.”
Karl-Heinz zur Mühlen. “Simul iustus et peccator in the Theology of Martin Luther.”
V. Luther in Historical Context
Berndt Hamm. “Johann von Staupitz (ca. 1468-1524)—Reformer of the Late Middle Ages and ‘Father of the Reformation’.”
Gottfried G. Krodel. “Luther as a Creative Writer: The Explanation of the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed in the Small
Catechism.”
Timothy Maschke. “Contemporaneity: A Hermeneutical Perspective in Martin Luther’s Work.”
Josef Pilvousek. “Martin Luther and Erfurt.”
Franz Posset. “From the Corrupter of the Faith to the Father in the Faith: 100 Years of Catholic Luther Research.”
George H. Tavard. “Medieval Piety in Luther’s Commentary on the Magnificat.”
Index, Scripture Citations, and Announcements.
