Philosophical justice and reformation righteousness : the Latin Aristotle to Luther and Melanchthon /

This is a study of the intellectual history of justice in Latin philosophical and theological sources between 1250 and 1550, demonstrating that Protestant views of Iustitia Dei have their roots in medieval interpretations of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saarinen, Risto (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • The Aim and the Sources
  • Earlier Studies
  • Aristotle On Justice
  • 2 Justice in Some Latin Sources
  • Pauline Righteousness in the Augustinian Tradition
  • Peter Lombard and Anselm's Justice
  • Aristotle's Justice in Grosseteste's Translation
  • 3 Albert and Thomas
  • Albert the Great: First Commentary
  • Albert the Great: Second Commentary
  • Thomas Aquinas: Commentary On Ethics
  • Thomas Aquinas: Other Writings
  • 4 Scotus, Odonis, and Buridan
  • John Duns Scotus: Ordinatio IV D. 46
  • Gerald Odonis: Ethics V
  • John Buridan: Ethics V Q.1-5
  • John Buridan: Ethics V Q.19-20
  • 5 The Renaissance
  • From Argyropoulos to Clichtove
  • From Crab to Feliciano
  • 6 Conclusion: Disappearance of Iustum
  • 7 Martin Luther: Early Approaches
  • Scotism, Imputation, and Relations
  • Early Monastic Theology (1513-1515)
  • Against Aristotelians (1515-1516)
  • Alien, Twofold, Christian Iustitia (1517-1519)
  • 8 Martin Luther: Christian Righteousness
  • Christian Freedom
  • Christian Righteousness After 1520
  • Passive Righteousness (1531-1535)
  • The Law and Political Justice
  • Righteousness as Fromkeit
  • Regensburg 1541
  • Anselmian Mercy and Relational Justice
  • 9 Philip Melanchthon
  • Early Theology (1521-1531)
  • Ethical Textbooks
  • Loci 1559
  • 10 A Forward-Looking Summary
  • References
  • Index.