Document Type:
Book
Author/editor:
Andrea Ferrari
 
Standard: Ferrari, Andrea [Andrea Ferrari]
Title:
John Diodati's doctrine of Holy Scripture : considered especially on the basis of his "Theses theologicae de Sacra Scriptura" of 1596

Standard:

Series:
Reformed Historical-Theological Studies
Date of Publication:
2006
Place of Publication:
Grand Rapids, Michigan Usa

Standard: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Publisher/Printer name:
Reformation Heritage Books

Standard: Reformation Heritage Books

ISBN/ISSN:
1892777983
Pages:
vi, 129 p.
Format :
22 cm
Subjects:
Diodati, Giovanni (1576-1649) - Biography
Diodati, Giovanni (1576-1649) - Works

Summary/Notes:

This study begins with a discussion of the state of research on Diodati. This is followed by a survey of Diodati’s life and work, focusing on his role within contemporary Protestantism. The history of the doctrine of Scripture is then considered in order to provide the relevant background to Diodati’s beliefs and to the significance of Scripture in the disputes that were part and parcel of the Reformation. The central element of the dissertation consists of a translation from Latin into English of the twenty-five theses concerning the doctrine of Scripture that he presented in 1596, when he graduated from the Academy at Geneva. There follows a detailed analysis of these theses in the light of the Protestant view of Scripture and the controversy with the teaching of the Church of Rome, especially as set out in the formulations of the Council of Trent. This analysis also draws on a work for which Diodati was well known to the English public, namely his Pious Annotations upon the Holy Bible, his greatest legacy after his translation of the Italian Bible. The study concludes with a brief evaluation of the significance of the continuity of the doctrine of Scripture in the history of the church, of the debate over the issue of authority between the Reformers and Rome, and of the way in which Diodati’s attitude to the translation of Scripture was governed by both the need for clarity and the theology of the Bible itself (author's preface)