Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses caught Europe by storm and initiated the Reformation, which fundamentally transformed both the church and society. Yet by Luther's own estimation, his translation of the Bible into German was his crowning achievement. The Bible played an absolutely vital role in the lives, theology, and practice of the Protestant Reformers. In addition, the proliferation and diffusion of vernacular Bibles—grounded in the original languages, enabled by advancements in printing, and lauded by the theological principles of sola Scriptura and the priesthood of all believers—contributed to an ever-widening circle of Bible readers and listeners among the people they served. This collection of essays from the 2016 Wheaton Theology Conference—the 25th anniversary of the conference—brings together the reflections of church historians and theologians on the nature of the Bible as "the people's book." With care and insight, they explore the complex role of the Bible in the Reformation by considering matters of access, readership, and authority, as well as the Bible's place in the worship context, issues of theological interpretation, and the role of Scripture in creating both division and unity within Christianity. On the 500th anniversary of this significant event in the life of the church, these essays point not only to the crucial role of the Bible during the Reformation era but also its ongoing importance as "the people's book" today.

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Publisher

IVP Academic

Year

2017

ISBN

9780830891771

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

History of Christianity

Contents
Acknowledgments
“That Most Precious Jewel”
Access and Readership
Teaching the Church
Scripture, the Priesthood of All Believers, and Applications of 1 Corinthians 14
Learning to Read Scripture for Ourselves
The Reformation and Vernacular Culture
Transmission and Worship
The Reformation as Media Event
The Interplay of Catechesis and Liturgy in the Sixteenth Century
Word and Sacrament
Protestant-Catholic Dialogue
John Calvin’s Commentary on the Council of Trent
The Bible and the Italian Reformation
Reading the Reformers After Newman
The People’s Book Yesterday and Today
From the Spirit to the Sovereign to Sapiential Reason
Perspicuity and the People’s Book
Contributors
Name Index
Scripture Index
Praise for The People’s Book
About the Authors
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