The Responsio Ad Lutherum: Thomas More's Inchoate Dialogue with Heresy
Literary dialogue seems the natural medium of religious debate. However, as a genre dialogue presents the Christian apologist not only advantages but also hazards. To enter into an exchange with heresy is to concede it some standing and to imply that matters of faith can be arrived at by reason. Eve...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1991
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1991, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-90 |
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| Summary: | Literary dialogue seems the natural medium of religious debate. However, as a genre dialogue presents the Christian apologist not only advantages but also hazards. To enter into an exchange with heresy is to concede it some standing and to imply that matters of faith can be arrived at by reason. Even so, in the 1529 Dialogue Concerning Heresies, Thomas More adopted the form. The 1523 Responsio ad Lutherum appears as a sort of embryonic dialogue, adumbrating the role of orality in literary dialogue that More could enlist against what he saw as Luther's theological literalism. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542017 |