Decisio Saxonica
The Decisio Saxonica describes the attempt by the theologians of Electoral Saxony, under the leadership of the Dresden court preacher Matthias Hoë von Hoënegg in 1624 in the so-called kenosis-crypsis dispute to reach a mediating decision.
A christological dispute had developed between the Tübingen and Giessen theological faculties over the question of the relationship between the divine and human nature of Christ, which went back to the contrast between the ubiquity theory of Johannes Brenz and Jakob Andreae and the multivolipresence theory of Martin Chemnitz. The people of Giessen put forward the thesis that divine nature in the state of bondage renounced the use of divine properties ( kenosis ), that Christ ruled the world only with, but not through his humanity, as he did in the state of glory do. On the other hand, the Tübingen people, who otherwise did not see the unity of the two natures of Christ preserved, adopted a veiled use (crypsis).
The Saxon decision was largely in favor of the Giessen position, but was hardly received.
literature
- Jörg Baur : Luther and his classical heirs: theological essays and research . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1993, pp. 171, 226.
- Johannes Wallmann : Theology and Piety in the Baroque Age . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1995, p. 50.
- Wolfhart Pannenberg : Grundzüge der Christologie , 6th edition, Gütersloh 1982, p. 318.
- Gottfried Thomasius, Christ's Person and Work, Vol. II, Erlangen 2 1857, 429–492.
Web links
- Article in the Christian Cyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Wallmann: Theology and Piety in the Age of Baroque. Collected essays . Mohr, Tübingen 1995, ISBN 978-3-16-146351-8 , pp. 50 .
- ↑ Walter Sparn: Jesus Christ V . In: Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller (Hrsg.): Theologische Realenzyklopädie . tape 17 . Berlin 1988, ISBN 978-3-11-013898-6 , pp. 6 .