Loci Communes or Loci communes rerum theologicarum seu hypotyposes
theologicae (Latin for Common Places in Theology or Fundamental
Doctrinal Themes) was a work by the
Lutheran

Lutheran theologian Philipp
Melanchthon published in 1521[1] (other, modified editions produced in
the life of the author occurred in: 1535, 1543 and 1559). Martin
Luther said of it that "Next to Holy Scripture, there is no better
book," and its existence is a common reason given for why Luther never
wrote a systematic theology of his own. In an overture to the English
king, Henry VIII, to gain the English crown as converts to Lutheran
protestantism,
Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon provided a dedication to the king
in one of his printed editions.[2] The book lays out Christian
doctrine by discussing the "leading thoughts" from the Epistle to the
Romans, and these thoughts were intended to guide the reader to a
proper understanding of the
Bible
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Bible in general.
References[edit]
^ Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation, Penguin Books, 2005, p. 140.
^ McKim, Donald K., Philip Melanchthon and the English Reformation,
Church History, 2007
See also[edit]
Loci Theologici
External links[edit]
Loci Communes belonging to Phil Slattery of Corpus Christi, Texas
Pages from a
Loci Communes published by Theodosius Fabricius (Theodor
Faber) and printed by Paul Donat in Magdeburg in 1595.
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