A Reformation Debate
A Reformation Debate

Author: John C. Olin

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 2009-08-25

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0823219925

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In 1539, Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras, addressed a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva, asking them to return to the Roman Catholic faith. John Calvin replied to Sadoleto, defending the adoption of the Protestant reforms. Sadoleto’s letter and Calvin’s reply constitute one of the most interesting exchanges of Roman Catholic/Protestant views during the Reformationand an excellent introduction to the great religious controversy of the sixteenth century. These statements are not in vacuo of a Roman Catholic and Protestant position. They were drafted in the midst of the religious conflict that was then dividing Europe. And they reflect too the temperaments and personal histories of the men who wrote them. Sadoleto’s letter has an irenic approach, an emphasis on the unity and peace of the Church, highly characteristic of the Christian Humanism he represented. Calvin’s reply is in part a personal defense, an apologia pro vita sua, that records his own religious experience. And its taut, comprehensive argument is characteristic of the disciplined and logical mind of the author of The Institutes of the Christian Religion.

A Reformation Debate
A Reformation Debate

Author: Bryan D. Mangrum

Publisher: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780969751274

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Debating the Sacraments
Debating the Sacraments

Author: Amy Nelson Burnett

Publisher: Paperbackshop UK Import

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 0190921188

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"Debating the Sacraments argues that Reformation debates concerning baptism and the Lord's Supper cannot be treated in isolation. It demonstrates the continuing influence of Erasmus on Luther's evangelical opponents and examines the role of printing in fanning the public controversy over the sacraments"--Provided by publisher.

Luther at Leipzig
Luther at Leipzig

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9004414630

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On the five-hundredth anniversary of the 1519 debate between Martin Luther and John Eck at Leipzig, Luther at Leipzig offers an extensive treatment of this pivotal Reformation event in its historical and theological context. The Leipzig Debate not only revealed growing differences between Luther and his opponents, but also resulted in further splintering among the Reformation parties, which continues to the present day. The essays in this volume provide an essential background to the complex theological, political, ecclesiastical, and intellectual issues precipitating the debate. They also sketch out the relevance of the Leipzig Debate for the course of the Reformation, the interpretation and development of Luther, and the ongoing divisions between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

A Reformation Sourcebook
A Reformation Sourcebook

Author: Michael W. Bruening

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1442635703

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During the Reformation, Europeans were engaged in a debate that would alter the course of European history. This debate was about how to understand and practice the Christian faith. Never before had so many people weighed in on a topic of such importance. This book presents the debates of the Reformation era through over eighty primary sources. Some of the documents present formal debates. Others represent informal debates or disputes, with one text responding directly to the other. Still other sections present texts that offer divergent approaches to or perspectives on specific ideas. These too were part of the century-long debate that characterized the Reformation. The author provides an essay on how to read primary sources. Each chapter opens with a brief introduction, and each group of primary sources is preceded by information on historical context as well as focus questions. Further readings are provided at the end of each chapter, and a map of Europe divided by religions is included.

Was the Reformation a Mistake?
Was the Reformation a Mistake?

Author: Matthew Levering

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0310530725

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Was the Reformation a mistake? In its actual historical context, it hardly seems fair to call the Reformation a "mistake." In 1517, the Church was in need of a spiritual and theological reform. The issues raised by Renaissance humanism - and by the profound corruption of the Church's leaders, the Avignon papacy, and the Great Schism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - lingered unresolved. What were key theological problems that led to the Reformation? Theologian Matthew Levering helps readers see these questions from a Catholic perspective. Surveying nine key themes - Scripture, Mary, Eucharist, Monasticism, Justification and Merit, Saints Priesthood, and Scripture - he examines the positions of Martin Luther and makes a case that the Catholic position is biblically defensible once one allows for the variety of biblically warranted modes of interpreting Scripture. At the same time, Levering makes clear that he cannot "prove" the Catholic case. The book concludes with a spirited response by "mere Protestant" theologian Kevin J. Vanhoozer. X

The Humanist-scholastic Debate in the Renaissance & Reformation
The Humanist-scholastic Debate in the Renaissance & Reformation

Author: Erika Rummel

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Erika Rummel delves into the extensive primary sources of the times, bringing the issues and their continuing legacy to light and making a valuable contribution to our understanding of the intellectual climate of early modern Europe.

Law and Gospel
Law and Gospel

Author: Timothy J. Wengert

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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In Law and Gospel, Timothy Wengert, one of the world's leading Melancthon scholars, explores the relationship between poenitentia and law in his theology during the time he was opposed by another of Luther's disciples, John Agricola.0