Inventing authority : the use of the Church Fathers in Reformation debates over the Eucharist / Esther Chung-Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chung-Kim, Esther, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper--History of doctrines--16th century.

Lord's Supper.

Religious disputations--History--16th century.

Religious disputations.

Fathers of the church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Other Title:

Use of the Church Fathers in Reformation debates over the Eucharist

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An important analysis of the Reformers' appropriation of Patristic sources

Contents:

Introduction : reformation of the ancient tradition : interpreting the Fathers in the eucharistic debates

Colloquy of Marburg (1529) : the Fathers as allies or liabilities

John Calvin's use of the Fathers in the Institutes and New Testament commentaries

John Calvin and Joachim Westphal : first phase of the debate (1555-1556)

Calvin and Westphal, continued : second phase of the debate (1557-1558)

Calvin versus Hesshusen : the Fathers as a challenge to biblical interpretation

Use of the Fathers at the Colloquy of Montbeliard (1586) : Theodore Beza versus Jakob Andreae.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.

ISBN:

9781602584716

1602584710

OCLC:

794698775