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The Reformation · 1610–1625
Theological Commonplaces
Loci Theologici
Johann Gerhard · 1582–1637
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What it is
Nine folio volumes covering the whole of doctrine with exhaustive citation of scripture, the fathers, and opponents, in the full scholastic apparatus.
Why it lasted
The summit of Lutheran orthodoxy, and the standard against which later Lutheran dogmatics measured itself for three centuries.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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