The Fourth Gospel Yesterday and Today

Authors

John W. Montgomery, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

4-1-1963

Document Type

Article

Keywords

fourth gospel, melanchthon, hunnius, johannine, lutheran, aegidius

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

In this paper a comparative study will be made of the work of four Johannine interpreters who are widely separated both in time and in theological approach: Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), Luther’s irenic associate, rightly designated the "preceptor of Germany"; Aegidius Hunnius (1550-1603), an uncompromising representative of early Lutheran confessional orthodoxy; Father Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855-1938), one of the greatest Roman Catholic Biblical scholars of the twentieth century; and Charles Kingsley Barrett, an English Methodist, who since 1958 has served as professor of divinity at Durham University, and who is the author of a highly reputed commentary on the Greek text of the Fourth Gospel.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Montgomery, John W. (1963) "The Fourth Gospel Yesterday and Today," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 34, Article 22.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol34/iss1/22