How did a group of scared peasants from a backwater of the Roman empire β followers of an executed criminal β form the largest religion on the planet? The story of Christianity, its transformation from an illegal sect to the religion of emperors, kings and presidents, and its spread across the globe
The Early Reformation on the Continent (Oxford History of the Christian Church)
β Scribed by Owen Chadwick
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 453
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Chadwick offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. He arranges his material thematically, tracing the origins and development of each topic throughout the history of the western Church and providing an authoritative, accessible, and informative account.
β¦ Table of Contents
TITLE PAGE
CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
1. THE BOOK
The oral
2. THE BIBLE
The Complutensian Polyglot
Hebrew
Reuchlin
The Apocrypha of the Old Testament
Maps
Illustrated Bibles
Verse-numbers
Italics
3. SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION
The Colloquies
4. DEATH
Indulgences
5. THE CITY
Hamburg
Bullinger
The care of the poor
Hospitals
6. CONVERSION
The Diet of Worms
7. MARRIAGE OF THE CLERGY
Georg Witzel
8. MONKS AND NUNS
Endowments
The consequence for women
9. THE NEW SERVICES
Confession
Hymns
The sermon
Prophesyings in the Swiss tradition
Vestments
The organ
Fasts
Saints
Jean Crespin
10. CHURCH ORDER
Ordination
Visitations
Bugenhagen
Excommunication
Bishops
11. CREED
The eucharist
12. EDUCATION
Catechism
Confirmation
Johann Sturm
The theatre in education
The university
Travel
13. DIVORCE
Premarital intercourse
Illegitimate children
Prostitutes
Prohibited degrees
Henry VIII
Ochino and the question of right
14. IN THE COUNTRY
Prussia
Country parishes in western Switzerland
France
Navarre
Iceland
Moldavia
15. RESISTANCE JUSTIFIED
Disobedience to the State
Gnesio-Lutherans
The historical portrait of Luther
The appeal to history
16. RADICALS
The anabaptists
The State
The ban
Community of goods
A kingdom by force
MΓΌnster
Menno Simons
17. TOLERATION
Castellio
Acontius
Toleration of the Jews
Witches
18. UNBELIEF
Gerolamo Cardano
Copernicus
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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