Editing Johann Gerhard (section)

==Writings==
His writings are numerous, alike in [[exegetical]], [[polemical]], [[dogma]]tic and practical theology. To the first category belong the {{lang|la|Commentarius in harmoniam historiae evangelicae de passione Christi}} (1617), the ''Comment, super priorem D. Petri epistolam'' (1641), and also his commentaries on ''Genesis'' (1637) and on ''Deuteronomy'' (1658). Of a controversial character are the ''[[Confessio Catholica]]'' (1633–1637), an extensive work which seeks to prove the [[Evangelical Catholic|''evangelical'' and catholic]] character of the doctrine of the [[Augsburg Confession]] from the writings of approved Roman Catholic authors; and the ''Loci communes theologici'' (1610–1622), his principal contribution, in which Lutheranism is expounded "''nervose, solide et copiose''," in fact with a fulness of learning, a force of [[logic]] and a minuteness of detail that had never before been approached.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The ''Meditationes sacrae'' (1606), a work expressly devoted to the uses of Christian edification, has been frequently reprinted in [[Latin]] and has been translated into most of the European languages, including [[Greek language|Greek]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}