Theologian of sin and grace : the process of radicalization in the theology of Matthias Flacius Illyricus / by Luka Ilić

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-283) and indexes.

Introduction -- 1. The Three Phases of Radicalization of Flacius' Theology -- 2. Remarks on the Notions of Radicalism and Radicalization.

Chapter One: Formative Years: The Pre-Radicalization Phase, 1536-1548 -- 1. Upbringing and Education within the Realm of La Serenissima Repubblica -- 2. North of the Alps: Peregrinatio academica and Early Network-Building -- 3. Wittenberg: Flacius' Theological Formation at the Center of Lutheranism -- 4. Concluding Remarks to Flacius’ Early Years.

Chapter Two: Phase One: The Shaping of Flacius’ Theology Through Controversies, 1548–1557 -- 1. Flacius Becomes a Recognized Oppositional Figure, 1548–1557 --
2. Intensification of the Persecution of Protestants under Venetian Control --

3. Magdeburg, 1549–1557: Heading the Adiaphoristic Controversy -- 4. Looking to Luther’s Theology for Inspiration and Rationale to Resist the Augsburg Interim --
5. The Majorist Controversy: The Role of Good Works in Salvation -- 6. Indecision Concerning the Future: Flacius’ Intermediary Stop at Köthen-- 7. The Controversy with Andreas Osiander: The Nature of Divine Justification -- 8. The Debate between Schwenckfeld and Flacius: The Question of Scriptural Interpretation --

9. Flacius’ Church History Projects and Plans in Magdeburg -- 10. The Second Eucharistic Controversy: Flacius’ Contribution to the Growing Distancing and Differentiation between Lutheran and Reformed Understandings -- 11. Summary of Flacius’ Magdeburg Years --
12. Excursus: Reception of Flacius’ Concept of Adiaphora in the Twentieth Century.

Chapter Three: Phase Two: Flacius Within the Ecclesiastical and Political Establishment in Ernestine Saxony, 1557–1562 -- 1. An Academic Call: Flacius as Professor at the Newly Established University of Jena -- 2. A Dissenting Opinion: Flacius’ Role in the Religious Colloquy of Worms -- 3. Flacius’ Criticism of the Frankfurt Recess -- 4. Flacius’ Attempt at Rooting Out »Particular Corruptions, Sects, and Errors«: The Weimar Book of Confutation -- 5. The Synergistic Controversy: The Role of the Human Free Will -- 6. The Weimar Disputation of 1560 and its Aftermath -- 7. Final Analysis of Flacius’ Jena Years.

Chapter Four: Phase Three: Flacius’ Attempts at Rehabilitation and Vindication, 1562–1575 -- 1. A Wandering Scholar: Flacius’ Time at Regensburg, 1562–1566 -- 2. Flacius against the Heidelberg Catechism, Erastus and Olevianus -- 3. Flacius and the Crypto-Calvinist Controversy in Nuremberg -- 4. Flacius Taking Sides in the Confessional Polemics Concerning the Eucharist in Royal and Ducal Prussia -- 5. Evaluation of Flacius’ Regensburg Years -- A Tract in Clavis Scripturae: Flacius’ Radical Exposition of Original Sin -- 7. Advising the Lutheran Church and Creating Antagonism: Antwerp, October 1566 – March 1567 -- 8. Finding Temporary Refuge in the Free Imperial City of Strasbourg, November 1567 – June 1573 -- 9. Flacius’ Desperate and Destitute Final Years: The Struggle to Clear His Name from Accusations of Heresy -- 10. Concluding Remarks on Flacius’ Final Phase of Radicalization -- Conclusion -- Bibliography, Manuscripts, Primary Sources, Secondary Literature, Website.

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The Croatian-born Matthias Flacius Illyricus (1520-1575) was a Lutheran theologian and reformer who spent most of his adult life in the German-speaking territories of the Holy Roman Empire, playing an important role within the Evangelical churches and in the confessionalization of his day. Luka Ilic establishes that Flacius' theology became increasingly radicalized with time and examines aspects of this process through following two parallel tracks. One trajectory focuses on the development of Flacius' theological thought, while the other one discusses the pivotal influences and major turning