Historical theologians have commonly held that no close connection exists between the two major intellectual movements of the sixteenth century--the Reformation and Protestant Scholasticism. Recent scholarship, however, has brought to light a number of theological misconceptions and historical inaccuracies, leading some researchers to claim that Scholasticism is not a betrayal but a continuation of the Reformation heritage. This book brings together papers by thirteen highly respected European and American church historians presented during a colloquium at Utrecht University. These essays focus on both the backward-looking relationship between the Reformation and medieval Scholasticism and the forward-looking relationship between the Reformation and Protestant Scholasticism.
