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Oberman on Luther’s Relationship to Nominalism
0 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 4th, 2006 in Heiko Oberman, Late Medieval Studies, Luther, Nominalism and Protestantism, Reformation, facere quod in se estOberman discusses Luther’s relationship to nominalism (focusing more on nominalistic theology, than philosophy) in chapter 4 of his book, The Dawn of the Reformation. As is well-known, Luther was trained at Erfurt under nominalist professors (e.g., Trutvutter—a disciple of Biel). A common claim is that the “young Luther” was more nominalist in his theology than [...]
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