Women and the Reformation
Women and the Reformation

Author: Kirsi Stjerna

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-09

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1444359045

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Women and the Reformation gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the status and contributions of women as leaders in the 16th century Protestant world. Explores the new and expanded role as core participants in Christian life that women experienced during the Reformation Examines diverse individual stories from women of the times, ranging from biographical sketches of the ex-nun Katharina von Bora Luther and Queen Jeanne d’Albret, to the prophetess Ursula Jost and the learned Olimpia Fulvia Morata Brings together social history and theology to provide a groundbreaking volume on the theological effects that these women had on Christian life and spirituality Accompanied by a website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/stjerna offering student’s access to the writings by the women featured in the book

Discourse in Commemoration of the Glorious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century; Delivered Before the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania
Discourse in Commemoration of the Glorious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century; Delivered Before the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania

Author: Samuel Simon Schmucker

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781230367200

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ... Reformation, by restoring to us the good word of God, has taught us to despair of the filthy rags of our own righteousness, to believe that "by grace we are saved, through faith, and that not of ourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast."1 Instead of the mutilated and corrupted sacraments of the Romish church, the Reformation has restored to us the primitive, simple ordinances of the gospel. The papal priests refuse to give the cup to the laity, whilst the Saviour gave it to all, and as if foreseeing the corruptions of afterages, added the express injunction: "drink ye all of this cup: " for he appended no such injunction in reference to the bread. The Romish church believe that the bread and wine in the eucharist are no longer bread and wine, but are converted by the consecration of the priest into the real material body and blood of the Saviour, a doctrine contradicted by common sense, refuted by the concurrent testimony of all our senses of touch, of taste, of smell 1 Ephes. 2: 8, 9. and of sight. The Reformation has taught us to regard the ordinance not as a renewed sacrifice or mass; but as a mnemonic ordinance to commemorate the dying love of the Saviour, and to serve as a pledge of his spiritual presence and blessing on all worthy participants. The Romish church has also, since the days of Peter Lombard, in the twelfth century, added five other sacraments to the two instituted by our Lord, viz. Confirmation, (Protestants do not hold confirmation as a sacrament) Penance, Orders, Matrimony and Extreme Unction. Instead of vainly seeking remission- of sins from priests and papal indulgences, the Reformation has taught us that " no man can forgive sin but God only"1 and that none but "the Son of man hath...

Discourse on Free Will
Discourse on Free Will

Author: Desiderius Erasmus

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-06-27

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1780938233

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Desiderius Eramsus (1466/9-1536) was the most renowned scholar of his age, a celebrated humanist and Classicist, and the first teacher of Greek at Cambridge. An influential figure in the Protestant Reformation, though without ever breaking from the Church himself, he satirised both human folly and the corruption of the Church. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the founder of the German Reformation. His 95 Theses became a manifesto for reform of the Catholic Church and led to his being tried for heresy. He remained in Germany, Professor of Biblical Exegesis at the University of Wittenburg, until his death, publishing a large number of works, including three major treatises and a translation of the New Testament into German. Comprising Erasmus's "The Free Will" and Luther's "The Bondage of the Will", Discourse on Free Will is a landmark text in the history of Protestantism. Encapsulating the perspective on free will of two of the most important figures in the history of Christianity, it remains to this day a powerful, thought-provoking and timely work.

Christian Thought to the Reformation (Classic Reprint)
Christian Thought to the Reformation (Classic Reprint)

Author: Herbert B. Workman

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781330479186

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Excerpt from Christian Thought to the Reformation Man has no deeper or wider interest than theology; none deeper, for however much he may change, he never loses his love of the many question it covers; and none wider, for under whatever law he may live he never escapes from its spacious shade; nor does he never find that it speaks to him in vain or uses a voice that fails to reach him. Once the present writer was talking with a friend who has equal fame as a statesman and a man of letters, and he said, "Every day I live, Politics, which are affairs of Man and Time, interest me less, while Theology, which is an affair to God and Eternity, interests me more." As with him, so with many, though the many feel that their interest is in theology and not in dogma. Dogma, they know, is but a series of resolutions framed by a council or parliament, which they do not respect any the more because the parliament was composed of ecclesiastically-minded persons; while the theology which so interests them is a discourse touching God, though the Being so named is the God man Conceived as not only related to himself and his world but also as rising ever higher with the notions of the self and the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Discourse in Commemoration of the Glorious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
Discourse in Commemoration of the Glorious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century

Author: Samuel Simon Schmucker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781333247706

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Excerpt from Discourse in Commemoration of the Glorious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century: Delivered Before the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania Tax following discourse was prepared by appointment of the Ev. Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania, in accordance with a resolution of that body, loudly called for by the signs of the times, recommending that a discourse on the Reformation be annually delivered by each member of Synod before the people of his charge, and resolving that one should annually be delivered before the Synod, on the same topic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.