Valla-Style Determinism and the Intellectual Background of Luther's De servo arbitrio

This paper argues that the Renaissance philosopher Lorenzo Valla's De libero arbitrio (1439) appears to anticipate Luther's De servo arbitrio (1525) on several key issues. This thesis was defended in the 1940s by the well-known Renaissance scholar Charles Trinkaus, who expressed regret ove...

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Main Author: Kraal, Anders (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2015, Volume: 108, Issue: 3, Pages: 402-422
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Valla, Lorenzo 1407-1457, De libero arbitrio / Luther, Martin 1483-1546, De servo arbitrio / Determinism / Free will
IxTheo Classification:KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KDB Roman Catholic Church
KDD Protestant Church
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
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