A Burnt Offering for God: Motive and Method in Cajetan's Biblical Commentaries (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

by Michael O'Connor

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Although perhaps best remembered as the Roman official who failed to keep Martin Luther in the Catholic fold in October 1518, Tommaso de Vio, Cardinal Cajetan (1469-1534) was a multi-faceted figure whose significance extends beyond those three difficult days in Augsburg. Had he retired at the age of fifty-five, he could have looked back on a productive life and a distinguished reputation as a philosopher, theologian and church leader. Instead he embarked on a labour of biblical commentary that was to occupy the final decade of his life, producing over a million words of translation and commentary on most...Read more
  • ISBN10 1472482298
  • ISBN13 9781472482297
  • Publish Date 28 February 2016
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English