The Theological Commonplaces series is the most significant doctrinal Lutheran work following the Reformation. Today, it remains a classic of Lutheran theology. With skill and precision, Johann Gerhard presents the Christian faith from Scripture in dialogue with the Church Fathers, medieval theology, Luther, and a multitude of contemporary theologians.
Each hardback volume features:
The Gospels teach Christians to “Watch, stay awake and pray, for you do not know when the time is.” The question is who is to stay awake? If it’s Christians, why are they to stay awake? This Theological Commonplace looks at Gerhard’s stance in answering these questions, digging deep into the resurrection and Christ’s second coming. This edition focuses specifically on the onthamology, four truths of the resurrection, the proofs of judgment, and much more.
On the End of the World and Hell | Fall 2021 |
On the Eternal Life | Fall 2022 |
On Death, Part One | Fall 2023 |
On Death, Part Two | Fall 2024 |
—Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, President, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
—John F. Brug, Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly
—Carl Beckwith, Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama
—Mark C. Mattes, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa
—Jack Kilcrease, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
—Martin R. Noland, Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Evansville, Indiana, in Concordia Theological Quarterly
Johann Gerhard (October 17, 1582–August 17, 1637) is remembered as the “Archtheologian of Lutheranism.” Gerhard was the most influential of the seventeenth-century Lutheran theologians. He decisively influenced Protestant theologians to study the evangelical (i.e., Gospel-centered) character of the pre-Reformation Christianity.