Caspar Cruciger (1504-1548): The Case of the Disappearing Reformer
Caspar Cruciger, a friend of Melanchthon, left behind a significant body of writing, including orations and major commentaries. However, during the intra-Lutheran disputes over justification by faith his works were attributed to Melanchthon. For the past two hundred years historians have continued t...
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| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1989
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1989, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 417-441 |
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| Summary: | Caspar Cruciger, a friend of Melanchthon, left behind a significant body of writing, including orations and major commentaries. However, during the intra-Lutheran disputes over justification by faith his works were attributed to Melanchthon. For the past two hundred years historians have continued this attribution. Nineteenth-century historians ascribed Cruciger's orations to Melanchthon; twentieth-century historians, his commentaries. Historians have relied on a sixteenth-century account of Conrad Cordatus for the basis of this error, but Cordatus is an unreliable source. To correct this error, the actual behavior of participants in the intra-Lutheran disputes, rather than the reported behavior, and the purpose of each written source must be weighed before judging its authorship and the contribution of Caspar Cruciger. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540788 |