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We Are All Priests
The Ecclesiological Boundaries and Horizons of Martin Luther’s Common Priesthood
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2023
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In this book, Roger Whittall argues that Luther’s teaching on the common priesthood (the “priesthood of believers”) was a persistent element of Luther’s ecclesiology and closely related to his understanding of the church as the communion of saints. Whittall’s focus is the common priesthood’s activity in the Christian community, moving beyond its contested relationship to the church’s ordained ministry, or the views that limit its appearance to Luther’s early polemical writings. Rather, the common priesthood stands alongside the public ministry. They are equal partners in the church’s mandate to receive and speak God’s word, to respond in prayer, praise, and joyful service of God’s world and all its people. This wide-ranging investigation features later material not often considered in relation to the common priesthood. For Luther “priesthood” was a biblical expression of Christian spiritual life, worship, and service, forming both the personal faith of individual Christians and the corporate nature of the Christian community. Whittall also examines Luther’s use of key biblical texts to link church and priesthood through the themes of unity and community, equality, and participation. Understood in this way, this priesthood still speaks powerfully to the identity and mission of the church today.
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2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-1542-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-1543-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
228
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Acknowledgements No access
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Introduction No access
Church and Priesthood in Luther’s First Lectures No access Pages 1 - 22
Luther’s Early Ecclesiology, Its Substance and Form No access Pages 23 - 36
Luther’s Early Teaching on the Common Priesthood, to 1525 No access Pages 37 - 56
The Biblical Data for the Common Priesthood No access Pages 57 - 76
Luther’s Ecclesiology and the Challenge of Reform, from 1524 No access Pages 77 - 96
The Response to Rome: Next Instalment No access Pages 97 - 118
The Common Priesthood in Luther’s Old Testament Writings, 1524–1546 No access Pages 119 - 152
The Common Priesthood in Luther’s New Testament Preaching, 1522–1546 No access Pages 153 - 180
Summary Conclusions No access Pages 181 - 200
Bibliography No access Pages 201 - 208
Index to Luther’s Works for Church and Priesthood No access Pages 209 - 212
