Reformers in the wings : from Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza / David C. Steinmetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinmetz, David C., 1936-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--16th century.

Church history.

Reformation--Biography.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Reformers in the Wings' provides brief and accessible portraits of 20 of the secondary theologians of the Reformation period. In addition to describing a particular theologian, each portrait explores one problem in 16th-century Christian thought.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; PART I. CATHOLIC REFORM; 1. Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445-1510): Pastoral Care and Human Responsibility; 2. Johannes von Staupitz (1460/9-1524): Theology of the Praise of God; 3. Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542): The Search for a Consensus; 4. Faber Stapulensis (1455-1536): The Letter and the Spirit; 5. Reginald Pole (1500-1558): The Loss of Eden; PART II. THE LUTHERAN TRADITION; 6. Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560): Return to Method; 7. Johannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558): Structures of the Church; 8. Andreas Osiander (1498-1552): The Renewal of Human Life

9. Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483-1565): Set for the Defense of the Gospel 10. Johannes Brenz (1499-1570): The Authority of the State; PART III. THE REFORMED TRADITION; 11. Martin Bucer (1491-1551): The Church and the Social Order; 12. Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575): Covenant and the Continuity of Salvation History; 13. John Hooper (1495-1555): The Birth of the Puritan Spirit; 14. Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562): The Eucharistic Sacrifice; 15. Theodore Beza (1519-1605): Eternal Predestination and Divine Sovereignty; PART IV. RADICAL REFORMERS

16. Andreas Bodenstein von Carlstadt (1480-1541): Reformation without "Tarrying for Anie"17. Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489-1561): The Renunciation of Structure; 18. Balthasar Hubmaier (1485?-1528): Free Will and Covenant; 19. Hans Denck (1500?-1527): The Universal Word; 20. Pilgram Marpeck (1495?-1556): The Church and the Old Testament; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-190) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-028483-8

1-280-47253-7

0-19-513047-2

0-19-802996-9

1-4237-6042-5

9786610472536

OCLC:

191827213