By Jennifer Powell McNutt,David Lauber
The Bible performed a fully important function within the lives, theology, and perform of the Protestant Reformers. moreover, the proliferation and diffusion of vernacular Bibles―grounded within the unique languages, enabled by means of developments in printing, and lauded via the theological rules of sola Scriptura and the priesthood of all believers―contributed to an ever-widening circle of Bible readers and listeners one of the humans they served.
This selection of essays from the 2016 Wheaton Theology Conference―the twenty fifth anniversary of the conference―brings jointly the reflections of church historians and theologians at the nature of the Bible as "the people's book." With care and perception, they discover the advanced function of the Bible within the Reformation via contemplating issues of entry, readership, and authority, in addition to the Bible's position within the worship context, problems with theological interpretation, and the function of Scripture in growing either department and team spirit inside of Christianity.
On the five hundredth anniversary of this important occasion within the lifetime of the church, those essays element not just to the the most important function of the Bible in the course of the Reformation period but in addition its ongoing value as "the people's publication" today.
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