The Two-Fold Knowledge

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Collected WorksVol. 1: The Two-Fold Knowledge: Readings on the Knowledge of Self and the Knowledge of GodVol. 2: Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of ClairvauxVol. 3: Luther's Catholic Christology According to His Johannine Lectures of 1527

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<b>Franz&#xa0;Posset</b> is a German-American independent church historian and lay theologian in the Catholic Church. He is an internationally recognized ecumenist, specializing in the history and theology of the Renaissance and early Lutheran Reformation.<br><br><br><br> Franz was born in 1945 in Glöckelberg in the Bohemian Forest (Sudetenland<b>)</b>, and between 1965 and 1970, he was a student of Hans Küng, Josef Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI emeritus), and Walter Kasper (Cardinal). He earned a diploma in Catholic theology at University of Tübingen, and received a PhD in Religious Studies, with his dissertation directed by the late Kenneth Hagen at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.<br><br><br><br> He was the associate editor of&#xa0;<i>Luther Digest</i>&#xa0;(1993-2012) and is a member of the International Luther Society. Franz is the author of numerous articles and books in English and German including award-winning articles and books:<br><br><br><br> - The first annual&#xa0;<i>Natalie Zemon Davis Prize</i>&#xa0;(Canada) in 2006 for his Polyglot Humanism in Germany circa 1520 as Luthers Milieu and Matrix.<br><br> -&#xa0;<i>Davidias Prize</i>&#xa0;of the Association of Croatian Writers in 2014 for the book,<i>&#xa0;Marcus Marulus and the Biblia Latina of 1489.</i><br><br> -&#xa0;<i>Franz-Delitzsch-Förderpreis</i>&#xa0;(Germany) in 2015 for his&#xa0;In Search of an Explanation for the Suffering of the Jews:<b>&#xa0;</b>Johann Reuchlins Open Letter of 1505.<br><br> - The&#xa0;<i>Koenig Prize in Biography</i>&#xa0;of the American Catholic Historical Association in 2016 for the book,&#xa0;<i>Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522): A Theological Biography</i>.<br>

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