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Kolb, Robert A. / Johansson, Daniel / Johansson, Torbjörn / Herrmann, Erik H. / Wengert, Timothy J. / Bayer, Oswald / Ziegler, Roland / Mattes, Mark C. / Olsen, Jakob Valdemar / Jung, Harald / Wannenwetsch, Bernd / Saleska, Timothy E. / Laato, Timo / Kolb, Robert A. / Johansson, Torbjörn / Johansson, Daniel / Brown, Christopher B. / Frank, Günter / Gordon, Bruce / Mahlmann-Bauer, Barbara / Rasmussen, Tarald / Soen, Violet / Tóth, Zsombor / Wassilowsky, Günther / Westphal, Siegrid
This volume introduces an important concept which hitherto has not gotten the recognition it deserves. The concept simul, the idea of a both-and in theology, is primarily associated with the Lutheran understanding of justification. The formula simul iustus et peccator is a shorthand for the nucleus and heart of the Reformation. But the concept, which implies a tension or even a paradox, appears to play a significant role in other areas of theo...