This article examines the reception and authority of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon in Francis Turretin’s (1623–1687) Institutio Theologiae Elencticae (1679–1685). Scholarship on the reception of the Reformers in seventeenth-century Calvinism has continued to grow and I argue that Turretin utilized both Luther and Melanchthon in fluid and diverse ways. In particular, Luther and Melanchthon, alongside being authorities against Roman Catholicism, were also used as evidence against the “innovations” of seventeenth-century Lutherans. For Turretin, Luther and Melanchthon were two of God’s prophets sent at the Reformation and Catholics and Lutherans needed to return to “pure” Reformed doctrine as illustrated by Luther and Melanchthon. Though these two were not the only sources of authority for Turretin, they were substantial witnesses against Lutheran and Catholic innovations in the post-Reformation period. Ultimately for Turretin, Luther and Melanchthon were more Reformed than they were Lutheran.

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路德与路德宗（和天主教徒）

本文探讨了弗朗西斯·图伦丁 (Francis Turretin, 1623–1687) 中马丁·路德 (Martin Luther) 和菲利普·梅兰希顿 (Philip Melanchthon) 的接受度和权威性电子神学研究所（1679–1685）。关于十七世纪加尔文主义改革者的接受情况的学术研究不断增长，我认为图伦丁以流畅而多样的方式利用了路德和梅兰希顿。特别是路德和梅兰希顿，除了作为反对罗马天主教的权威之外，还被用作反对十七世纪路德宗“创新”的证据。对于图伦丁来说，路德和梅兰顿是上帝在宗教改革中派来的两位先知，天主教徒和路德宗需要回归路德和梅兰顿所阐述的“纯粹”的改革宗教义。尽管这两个人并不是图伦丁的唯一权威来源，但他们是宗教改革后时期路德教和天主教创新的重要见证人。最终，对于图伦丁来说，路德和梅兰希顿比路德宗更加改革宗。